The Mighty Anselmo and His Squire

Overview

After having challenged the German Ottone to single combat for the hand of Leonza, the bishop's niece, the valiant knight Anselmo da Montebello, leaves for Rome where he must deliver a precious relic to the Pope and obtain a sum of twenty-thousand crowns in order to participate in the third crusade in the Holy Land. He is accompanied by Gian Puccio, his sluggish squire, drawn by the money and by the charm of ... Leonzia.

Cast

Enrico Montesano

Gianpuccio Senzaterra

Lino Banfi

Il castrato effeminato

Mario Carotenuto

Il Vescovo padre di Leonzia

Erminio Macario

Frà Prosdocimo Zatterin da' San Donà di Piave

Renzo Montagnani

Ottone

Femi Benussi

Laura

Tamara Baroni

Il fantasma

María Baxa

Fiammetta

Rosalba Neri

La sorella di Laura

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Bruno Boschetti

Sandro Dori

Un villico

Ignazio Leone

Il prete all'esecuzione