
In autumn of 1526, the Emperor, Charles V, sends his German landsknechts led by Georg von Frundsberg to march towards Rome. The inferior papal armies, commanded by Giovanni de'Medici, try to chase them in the midst of a harsh winter. Nevertheless, the Imperial armies manage to cross the rivers along their march and get cannons thanks to the maneuvers of its Lords. In a skirmish, Giovanni de'Medici is wounded in the leg by a falconet shot. The attempts to cure him fail and he dies. The Imperial armies assault Rome. The film is beautifully but unassumingly set, and shows the hard conditions in which war is waged and its lack of glory. It ends straightforwardly with the declaration made after the death of Giovanni de'Medici by the commanders of the armies in Europe of not using again fire weapons because of their cruelty.

Christo Jivkov
Giovanni De' Medici

Sergio Grammatico
Federico II Gonzaga

Dimitar Ratchkov


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Il mestiere delle armi
May 11, 2001
1h 45m
6.7
Ermanno Olmi
Ermanno Olmi


StudioCanal
FR
Taurus Produktion
DE

Cinemaundici
IT

RAI Cinema
IT
Boyana Film
BG
Lucantonio Cuppano

Fabio Giubbani
Matteo Cusastro

Saša Vulićević
Pietro Aretino

Desislava Tenekedjieva
Caterina De' Medici

Sandra Ceccarelli
Nobildonna di Mantova

Aldo Toscano
Aloisio Gonzaga

Franco Palmieri
Paolo Giovio

Franco Andreani
Ambasciatore di Carlo V
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