Isabella - With a bare chest and a pointed sword

Movie
German title	Isabella - With a bare chest and a pointed sword
Original title	Isabella, duchessa dei diavoli
Country of production	Italy , Germany
original language	Italian
Publishing year	1969
length	79 minutes
Rod
Director	Bruno Corbucci
script	Mario Amendola , Giorgio Cavedon , Elisabeth Forster
production	Italo Martinenghi , Rob Houwer
music	Sante Maria Romitelli
camera	Fausto Zuccoli
cut	Luciano Anconetani
occupation
Brigitte Skay : Isabella de Frissac Mimmo Palmara : Baron Eric von Nutter Fred Williams : Gilbert de Villancourt Mario Novelli : Mayer Enzo Andronico : Sergeant Giacomo Furia : Rudolf, matchmaker Tino Scotti : Melicour Sal Borgese : Diego Mendoza Alberto Sorrentino : A gypsy Gioia Desideri : Susanne Loris Gizzi : François de Bassompierre Thomas Astan : Kurt von Nutter Renato Baldini : Gunther

Isabella - With a bare chest and a pointed sword (original title: Isabella, duchessa dei diavoli , in German: Isabella, Duchess of the Devil ) is an Italian feature film from 1969 by Bruno Corbucci . The screenplay was written by Mario Amendola , Giorgio Cavedon and Elisabeth Forster . The main roles are cast with Brigitte Skay , Mimmo Palmara and Fred Williams . The film had its world premiere on August 30, 1969 in Italy . In Germany he could first be seen in the cinema on May 15, 1970.

action

When Isabella de Frissac was just two years old, she had to watch one of the Toulouse family kill her family in order to be able to take over their territory. Isabella escapes alone and is raised by gypsies. But their noble family does not go unnoticed; she comes to befriended princes, where she just barely escapes an assassination attempt by the Toulouse man. Then she decides to fight back her rightful inheritance. With cunning - with a "bare chest and a sharp sword" - she gets into the castle, wounds her mortal enemy, is caught, can flee and have the persecutor arrested. But when he is about to be legally beheaded, another head rolls out from under the hood: The Toulouse man rides away and swears vengeance.

criticism

The lexicon of international films succinctly notes that the film is a “cloak and sword piece with built-in sex and brutal scenes.” The Protestant film observer sums up his criticism as follows: “Old-style adventure film enriched with sex scenes about a French aristocrat fighting for its rightful inheritance. Only moderately exciting and awkward. ”L. Pestelli said in La Stampa that the film“ could only save the audience's interest in the old story from drowning with sex enrichment. In spite of this degree of nudity, the film loses its plus points by adhering to the most established storylines too strictly. "

Remarks

The film was based on a comic series that appeared in 263 numbers for ten years from 1966 and was written by Giorgio Cavedon and drawn by Sandro Angiolini .

Web links

• Isabella - With bare chest and pointed sword in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Movie poster at Kinoart.net

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Source: Evangelischer Filmbeobachter , Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 238/1970, p. 244
2. ↑ Lexicon of international films, rororo-Taschenbuch No. 6322 (1988), p. 1835.
3. ^ Review in La Stampa of January 2, 1970
4. ^ Gianni Bono: Guida al fumetto italiano. Epierre, 2003. pp. 1058-1060.