The Magnificent Adventurer The Magnificent Adventurer

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Benvenuto Cellini knows no obstacles when it comes to creating a work of art or conquering the heart of a woman.

Brett Halsey Claudia Mori Françoise Fabian José Nieto Bernard Blier Umberto D'Orsi Jacinto San Emeterio Félix Dafauce Andrea Bosic Rossella Como Carla Calò

Director

Riccardo Freda

Writer

Filippo Sanjust

Editor

Ornella Micheli

Cinematography

Raffaele Masciocchi Julio Ortas

Composer

Francesco De Masi

Studios

Panda Societa per L'Industria Cinematografica Hispamer Films Les Films du Centaure

Countries

Spain Italy France

Language

Italian

Alternative Titles

O Magnífico Aventureiro, Mit Faust und Degen, The Burning of Rome, Sahane Maceraperest, L'aigle de Florence

adventure history

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  • Étienne Crépeau

    Review by Étienne Crépeau ★★★½

    J'avais lu la review de monsieur Furtado avant d'écouter le film pis y'a raison le gars saute très bien! Des bonds sensationnels!!!!

  • Conley26

    Review by Conley26 ★★★

    Brett Halsey looks like Steve Reeves a lot in this which I think might be on purpose, I don't know. He plays Benvenuto Cellini, a real Italian artist who existed in the 16th century. Though I'm pretty sure this movie embellishes a lot about him and leaves out the accusations of male sodomy he was accused of towards the end of his life and his bisexuality tendencies which I'm sure they couldn't go into due to censorship.
    Instead they just paint him as a womanizing rogue who counterfeits and steals people's artwork. The pope saves him from being hung by having him fight the Spanish and he fails at that (due to traitors) and they promptly burn Rome as the…

  • Filipe Furtado

    Review by Filipe Furtado ★★★½

    If you give Riccardo Freda an athletic guy jumping around and occasionally carring a sword he will make us and himself very happy.

  • Justin Decloux

    Review by Justin Decloux ★★★

    I've always been fascinated by the career of director Riccardo Freda because people like Bertrand Tavernier have praised his work to high heavens (they were friends) and paint him as a true cinephile director, but all we talk about in English film circles are his pictures with Bava (I Vampiri, Caltiki, ), The Terror of Dr. Hichcock , or his middling late career horror outings (The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire). Probably because he worked mostly in international unfriendly genres like melodrama, adventure, and peplum.

    Thanks to the book, Ricardo Freda: The Life and Works of a Born Filmmaker by Robert Curti, I finally have a historical and critical springboard to start exploring his 42 picture filmography.

    And I…