The Barbarians

Story

Synopsis

Rome, 1527. Massimo Colonna is in love with Angela, a member of the Orsinis, the Colonnas'arch enemies. As she is officially engaged to Tancredi Serra, the latter, a faithless individual, has Massimo accused of the murder of Prince Orsini whereas he himself has woven it. Massimo is rejected by an outraged Angela and banned from Rome.Meanwhile the Eternal City has to face a brutal attack by armed invaders from Spain. The Spaniards are about to storm Rome when Massimo and his troops appear. The invading forces are defeated and Massimo is acclaimed by the crowd. After clearing his name, he can marry Angela.

Director

Ferruccio Cerio

Writers

Giuseppe Mangione, Mario Francisci, Alessandro Ferraù

Language

Italian

Country

Italy

Release date

29 September 1953

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Pierre Cressoy

  Massimo Colonna

• 

  Vittorio Sanipoli

  Tancredi Serra

• 

  Luigi Tosi

  Benvenuto Cellini

• 

  Hélène Rémy

  Angela Orsini

• Annamaria Bugliari

  Giulia

• 

  Alfredo Varelli

  Papa Clemente VII

• 

  Franco Fabrizi

  Fanfulla da Lodi

• 

  Mario Ferrari

  Vescovo Ghilberti

• Nora Bellinzaghi

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  Aldo Bettoni

• Bruno Baschiera

  Conestabile di Borbone

• Lina Battaglini

  Adriana Orsini