Jan 01, 1937
88 min
Full-HD

Giovanni de Medici: The Leader (1937)

Returned from exile where he accompanied his mother Caterina Sforza, Giovanni de 'Medici (1498-1526), becomes, under the name of Giovanni delle Bande Nere, captain of fortune at the service of the idea of a united Italy.

Category

Adventure War History

Country

Italy

Companies

ENIC

Luis Trenker

Giovanni Lombardo

Carla Sveva

Maria Salviati

Ethel Maggi

Caterina Sforza

Tito Gobbi

Troubadour Nino

Giuseppe Addobbati

Duke of Lombardy

Herbert Hübner

Duke of Urbino

Aribert Wäscher

Cardinal

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