Cavalier in Devil's Castle

Cavalier in Devil's Castle
Cavalier in Devil's Castle
Directed by	Mario Costa
Written by	Sergio Corbucci; Piero Vivarelli
Produced by	Fortunato Misiano
Starring	Massimo Serato; Irène Tunc ; Luisella Boni
Cinematography	Augusto Tiezzi
Edited by	Jolanda Benvenuti
Music by	Michele Cozzoli
Release date	1959;
Language	Italian

Cavalier in Devil's Castle (Italian: Il cavaliere del castello maledetto), also known as The Cavaliers of Devil's Castle,^[1] is a 1959 Italian swashbuckler film written and directed by Mario Costa and starring Massimo Serato, Irène Tunc and Luisella Boni.^[2]^[3]

Plot

Ugone di Collefeltro has succeeded through a stratagem to imprison his uncle, Count Oliviero, legitimate lord of the fief of Valgrande, and is now trying to obtain from him a document in which the count declares to give him his rights. But the count refuses to sign such a declaration. Then Ugone calls Countess Isabella, daughter of Oliviero, back to her castle, with the intention of marrying her, thus becoming the legitimate owner of the fief.^[4]

Cast

Massimo Serato as Captain Ugone di Collefeltro
Irène Tunc as Marquise Fiamma
Luisella Boni as Countess Isabella
Pierre Cressoy as Astolfo
Livio Lorenzon as Guidobaldo Fortebraccio
Maria Sima as Violante
Carlo Tamberlani as Conte Oliviero
Aldo Bufi Landi as Duccio
Luciano Marin as Gianetto
Ugo Sasso
Amedeo Trilli
Miranda Campa
Ignazio Balsamo
Gina Mascetti
Franco Fantasia

References

^ Howard Hughes. Cinema Italiano - The Complete Guide From Classics To Cult. I.B.Tauris, 2011. ISBN 978-1-84885-608-0.
^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia (1991). Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876055487.
^ "Rassegna cinematografica [review]". Corriere della Sera. 8 December 1959. p. 6.
^ Il cavaliere del castello maledetto (1959), retrieved 2022-04-29