The Profession of Arms (2001)
Il mestiere delle armi
105 min
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.
- Release date
- May 11, 2001
- Country of origin
- Italy, France
- Music
- Fabio Vacchi
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Trailer
Cast
- Christo Jivkov as Giovanni de Medici dalle Bande Nere
- Sasa Vulicevic as Pietro Aretino
- Sandra Ceccarelli as Nobildonna di Mantova
- Kalin Arsov as Barcarolo
- Alessandro Genovesi as Ufficiale posto di guardia
- Michael Aaron Lindner as Sottufficiale alemanno
- Sergio Grammatico as Federico Gonzaga
- Dimitar Rachkov as Luc'Antonio Cuppano
- Fabio Giubbani as Matteo Cusastro
- Dessy Tenekedjieva as Maria Salviati de Medici
- Franco Andreani as Ambasciatore di Carlo V
- Giancarlo Belelli as Alfonso d'Este
Crew
- Ermanno Olmi · Director
- Ermanno Olmi · Writer
- Roberto Cicutto · Producer
- Luigi Musini · Producer
- Fabio Vacchi · Composer
- Fabio Olmi · Cinematographer
- Paolo Cottignola · Editor
- Enrico Marrari · Casting director
- Luigi Marchione · Production designer