The golden hawk

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Movie
German title The golden hawk
Original title Il falco d'oro
Country of production Italy
original language Italian
Publishing year 1956
length 90 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia
script Alessandro Continenza ,
Italo De Tuddo
production Ottavio Poggi
music Ezio Carabella
camera Alvaro Mancori
cut Enzo Alfonsi
occupation

The Golden Falcon ( Il falco d'oro ) is an Italian feature film from 1956 . The love comedy with some fencing scenes is based on the story Don Gil de las calzas verdes by Tirso da Molina and was filmed on Ferraniacolor .

action

In 17th century Siena there has been a feud between the Di Montefalco and DellaTorre families for generations, in which they kill each other again and again. After the death of her husband, Donna Gertrude Di Montefalco fears that her son Massimo, known as the "golden hawk", will perish like so many of his male ancestors. She stretches out her feelers to the Della Torre, whose head Ubaldo returns her interest in peace. So that this does not remain brittle, they want to seal it by the marriage between Massimo and Ines, the eldest daughter of Della Torre. Both young people are not enthusiastic, but they submit to the reason for peace, unlike their respective fiancés, who leave no stone unturned to thwart the plans.

Fiametta, who has had an eye on Massimo for a long time, shows her will to fight with excellent fencing skills. When Massimo leaves for the Della Torre to bring Don Ubaldo the peace certificate and to meet Ines, he takes a bath in a pond on the way. Fiametta, with her stupid servant Baccio and throwing stones, fakes an attack by the Della Torres and steals Massimo's clothes. Disguised as a "golden hawk", she attacks the Della Torres' properties and sets fires to make them unwilling to peace. Simone, a close confidante of Della Torres, who already believed Ines to be his future bride-to-be, takes on the deceitful act. He sends his men out to take Massimo prisoner. In the dark of twilight, they seize the disguised Fiametta. At the castle of Della Torres, Baccio frees Fiametta and exposes Simone, who has full-bodied massimo's arrest, in front of Don Ubaldo and Ines. But Massimo actually rides into the castle, where he is covered with allegations of treason and imprisoned. Ines believes in his innocence, but is unable to convince her father. Fiametta, who doesn't want to lose him to the gallows, has to think of a new trick. She knocks at the Della Torres' house and pretends to be Massimo's sister who lives in the monastery. She suspects Simone in front of Don Ubaldo and Ines of having orchestrated a conspiracy against Massimo. In Simone's room they find the doublet of the "golden hawk", which Baccio has slipped under him as "evidence". Massimo is hospitably received and Simone ends up in dungeon. But again Fiametta has to reckon with Massimo's marriage to Ines and slanders him against Ines as an incorrigible philanderer. She has Baccio Massimo's meal put a sleeping pill, then they put an equally sleepy maid in his arms. Ines and her father find him in the morning, are angry and send Massimo away. He soon reveals that the "sister" is Fiametta, who Ines and Don Ubaldo forgive because she acted out of love. During the night Simone kidnaps Ines. The disappointed Fiametta wants to grieve Massimo for the rest of his life with a faked death from lovesickness. But in front of the "corpse" laid out, Massimo sees through the game. He goes to Simone, who won't let him talk and forces him to another duel. Massimo confesses not to love Ines and leaves her to Simone. He chooses Fiametta, who was about to send herself to the monastery. To ensure the peace, Donna Gertrude and Don Ubaldo are considering getting married.

criticism

“Funny fooling around the chivalric novels, in which noblemen fought non-stop for beautiful women and the honor of their sexes. Towards the end, however, the largely amusing film falls off. "

- film service

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