Barbarossa

Oct 9, 2009

2h 19m

★ 5.3

Overview

Year 1100. Italy.The Northern lands are ruled by a German emperor: Fredrick aka "Barbarossa. His dream is to conquer also the lands in the Center and in the South so as to revive the Empire that was once of the one Charles Magno.But in the North a young man from Milan has formed an army of 900 young men coming from different cities: the "company of death". This young man's name is Alberto Da Giussano. His dream is to defeat the Emperor and to give back freedom to the Northern lands.

Genres

Drama

History

Production Companies

Na-Comm

Martinelli Film Company International

MiC

RAI

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Cast

Federico Barbarossa

Rutger Hauer

Alberto da Giussano

Raz Degan

Eleonora

Kasia Smutniak

Beatrice di Borgogna

Cécile Cassel

Ildegarda di Binden

Ángela Molina

Siniscalco Barozzi

F. Murray Abraham

Alberto dell'Orto

Antonio Cupo

Gherardo Negro

Christo Jivkov

Lorenzo della Pigna

Gian Marco Tavani

Rinaldo di Dassel

Hristo Shopov

Alcibide

Vasile Albineț

Tessa

Federica Martinelli

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