The Mighty Crusaders

Dec 23, 1957

1h 37m

★ 5.0

Overview

The Mighty Crusaders (Italian: La Gerusalemme liberata) is a 1957 film about the First Crusade, based on the 16th-century Italian poem Jerusalem Delivered by Torquato Tasso. This film was directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia.

Genres

Action

Adventure

Drama

Production Companies

Max Film

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Cast

Tancredi d'Altavilla

Francisco Rabal

Clorinda (as Silva Koscina)

Sylva Koscina

Armida

Gianna Maria Canale

Rinaldo d'Este

Rik Battaglia

Goffredo di Buglione

Philippe Hersent

Argante

Andrea Aureli

Harem Dancer

Alba Arnova

Pietro, eremita

Nando Tamberlani

Aladino

Cesare Fantoni

Raimondo da Tolosa

Edoardo Toniolo

Dilone

Carlo Hintermann

Gernando di Norvegia

Ugo Sasso

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