King of Romantic Epics!
In 1500, Duke Cesare Borgia hopes to marry his sister to the heir apparent of Ferrara, which impedes his conquest of central Italy. On this delicate mission he sends Andrea Orsini, his sister's lover and nearly as unscrupulous as himself. En route, Orsini meets Camilla Verano, wife of the count of Citta' del Monte, and sentiment threatens to turn him against his deadly master, whom no one betrays twice...
- 6.2
- 1949
- Released
- 1h 47m
Tyrone Power
Andrea Orsini
Wanda Hendrix
Camilla Verano
Marina Berti
Angela Borgia
Katina Paxinou
Mona Zoppo
Everett Sloane
Mario Belli
Felix Aylmer
Marc Antonio Verano
Eduardo Ciannelli
Art Dealer (uncredited)
Eugene Deckers
Borgia Henchman (uncredited)
Antonella Lualdi
(uncredited)
Released
en
- #assassination
- #venice, italy
- #italy
- #artist
- #gondola
- #siege
- #adventurer
- #nobility
- #borgia family
- #renaissance
- #16th century
- #ferrara
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Tyrone Power cuts quite a dashing figure in this superior swashbuckler. Set during the Borgia papacy, it follows the machinations of an ambitious young man - a country bumpkin - who decides to better himself by assuming the identity of "Andrea Orsini" and taking employment in the service of Cesare Borgia (Orson Welles) who is out to conquer and consolidate the independent states of Italy. On one s