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Barbarossa (2009)
Directed by Renzo Martinelli
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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.
Length 139 minutes
Actors
Rutger Hauer | Raz Degan | Kasia Smutniak | Cécile Cassel | Ángela Molina | F. Murray Abraham | Antonio Cupo | Christo Jivkov | Gian Marco Tavani | Hristo Shopov | Vasile Albinet | Federica Martinelli | Vlad Radescu | Elena Bouryka | Maurizio Tabani | Zoltan Butuc | Riccardo Cicogna | Robert Alexander Baer | Karl Baker | Marius Chivu | Adrian Ștefan | Francesca Ruiz | Alan O'Silva | Ștefan Velniciuc | Dicu Aurel | Umberto Bossi | Serban Celea | Thomas Davis | Emanuela Postacchini | Monica Vallero | Claudiu Trandafir | Roxanna Ravenor | Michele Russo
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/21/2011 | TV | Streaming | Video on Demand | 5 stars |
| (Average) 5 stars |
Viewing Notes
Pretty mediocre historical drama about German king and Holy Roman Emperor Friederich I, aka Barbarossa, and his attempts to conquer central and southern Italy in the 12th century, thereby re-establishing the Holy Roman Empire.
Rutger Hauer plays Barbarossa, but doesn’t have a lot to do here, unfortunately.
There are some pretty damn good battle scenes, with some mix of CGI blood and real gore FX that are blended pretty well. That said, the action doesn’t do enough to hold this wannabe Braveheart together and keep it from being tedious and boring.
A pair of beautiful women actually have the two better roles in the movie: Vincent Cassel’s half-sister Cécile Cassel; and Polish actress Kasia Smutniak.
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