The Seventh Sword
1962 film
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The Seventh Sword (Italian: Le sette spade del vendicatore, French: Sept épées pour le roi, also known as Seven Swords for the King) is a 1962 Italian-French adventure film directed by Riccardo Freda. It is a remake of Freda's debut film Don Cesare di Bazan.[3][4]
- Riccardo Freda
- Filippo Sanjust[1]
- Riccardo Freda
- Filippo Sanjust[1]
- Cino Del Duca
- Robert De Nesle[1]
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| Directed by | Riccardo Freda |
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| Cinematography | Raffaele Masciocchi[2] |
| Edited by | Franco Fraticelli[1] |
| Music by | Franco Mannino[2] |
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| Distributed by | Cino Del Duca |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
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| Box office | ₤140 million |
Cast
- Brett Halsey as Don Carlos di Bazan
- Béatrice Altariba as Isabella
- Giulio Bosetti as Duke of Saavedra
- Gabriele Antonini as Filippo III
- Mario Scaccia as Cardinal Inquisitor
- Gabriele Tinti as Corvo
- Alberto Sorrentino as Sancho
- Jacques Stany as The seargeant
Release
The Seventh Swords was released in Italy on 30 October 1962, where it was distributed by Cino Del Duca.[1] The film had a domestic gross of 140 million Italian lira in Italy.[1]
Reception
In a contemporary review, the Monthly Film Bulletin stated that the Director "is here at his best" and that The Seventh Sword is "a film which is in its way delightful, with much to charm the eye and tickle the senses"[2] The review noted specific scenes a tongue-in-cheek fight scene that plays in and out of a bedroom and "the final duel staged in a torture chamber of almost surrealist design and lurid colours"[2]
