The Profession of Arms (2001-05-11)
Overview
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.
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Status: Released
Release Date: 2001-05-11
Runtime: 1h 45m
Director: Ermanno Olmi
Writer: Ermanno Olmi
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"Il mestiere delle armi" (Profession of Arms)
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Christo Jivkov
Giovanni De' Medici
Sergio Grammatico
Federico II Gonzaga
Dimitar Ratchkov
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
Kalin Arsov
Barcarolo
Giancarlo Belelli
Alfonso d'Este
Bruno Bendoni
Benedetto Agnello
Silvio Cappellini
Maestro Habram
Vittorio Corcelli
Frate domenicano
Marco De Biagi
Ercole d'Este
Alessandro Genovesi
Ufficiale posto di guardia
Michael Aaron Lindner
Sottufficiale alemanno
Francesca Lonardelli
Cortigiana
Paolo Magagna
Francesco Maria della Rovere
Piergiorgio Maletti
Servitore particolare di Federico Gonzaga
Mauro Marani
Marito della cortigiana
Georgy Marino
Staffiere
Ilija Marshakov
Prete
Rocco Militano
Vicario
Nikolaus Moras
Zorzo Frundsberg

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