The Profession of Arms

In autumn of 1526, the Emperor, Charles V, sends his German landsknechts led by Georg von Frundsberg to march towards Rome. The inferior papal armies, commanded by Giovanni de'Medici, try to chase them in the midst of a harsh winter. Nevertheless, the Imperial armies manage to cross the rivers along their march and get cannons thanks to the maneuvers of its Lords. In a skirmish, Giovanni de'Medici is wounded in the leg by a falconet shot. The attempts to cure him fail and he dies. The Imperial armies assault Rome. The film is beautifully but unassumingly set, and shows the hard conditions in which war is waged and its lack of glory. It ends straightforwardly with the declaration made after the death of Giovanni de'Medici by the commanders of the armies in Europe of not using again fire weapons because of their cruelty.

Cast

Christo Jivkov

Giovanni De' Medici

Sergio Grammatico

Federico II Gonzaga

Dimitar Ratchkov

Lucantonio Cuppano

Fabio Giubbani

Matteo Cusastro

Saša Vulićević

Pietro Aretino

Desislava Tenekedjieva

Caterina De' Medici

Sandra Ceccarelli

Nobildonna di Mantova

Aldo Toscano

Aloisio Gonzaga

Franco Palmieri

Paolo Giovio

Franco Andreani

Ambasciatore di Carlo V

Crew

Ermanno Olmi

Director

Fabrizia Iacona

Script Supervisor

Micaela Borgiotti

Unit Manager

Leonida Copertino

Production Secretary

Federico Ferrario

Camera Operator

Lorenzo Cera

Hair Department Head

Marcello Buffa

Visual Effects Supervisor

Alexander Metodiev

Executive Producer

Luigi Marchione

Set Decoration

Fabio Olmi

Camera Operator

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"Il mestiere delle armi" (Profession of Arms)