The Mighty Anselmo and His Squire (1972)
Comedy
Overview
After having challenged the German Ottone to single combat for the hand of Leonza, the bishop's niece, the valiant knight Anselmo da Montebello, leaves for Rome where he must deliver a precious relic to the Pope and obtain a sum of twenty-thousand crowns in order to participate in the third crusade in the Holy Land. He is accompanied by Gian Puccio, his sluggish squire, drawn by the money and by the charm of ... Leonzia.
Cast
- Enrico Montesano as Gianpuccio Senzaterra
- Lino Banfi as Il castrato effeminato
- Mario Carotenuto as Il Vescovo padre di Leonzia
- Erminio Macario as Frà Prosdocimo Zatterin da' San Donà di Piave
- Renzo Montagnani as Ottone
- Femi Benussi as Laura
- Tamara Baroni as Il fantasma
- María Baxa as Fiammetta
- Rosalba Neri as La sorella di Laura
- Bruno Boschetti