Earlier, we reported that there will be no second season of The Young Pope. Instead, HBO has ordered a second installment from creator Paolo Sorrentino called The New Pope. Recently, star Jude Law spoke with Variety about the future of the TV series.A drama, The Young Pope stars Jude Law as Lenny Belardo, a conservative archbishop who becomes the first American pope. The cast also includes Diane Keaton, Silvio Orlando, Javier Cámara, Scott Shepherd, Cécile de France, Ludivine Sagnier, Toni Bertorelli, and James Cromwell.Read More…...
- 5/20/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Network: Episodes: 10 (hour)Seasons: OneTV show dates: January 15, 2017 -- February 13, 2017Series status: Cancelled/EndedPerformers include: Jude Law, Diane Keaton, Silvio Orlando, Javier Cámara, Scott Shepherd, Cécile de France, Ludivine Sagnier, Toni Bertorelli, and James Cromwell.TV show description: This historical drama series tells the controversial story of the beginning of Pius Xiii's pontificate.Born Lenny Belardo, Pope Pius Xiii (Jude Law) is the former Archbishop of New York. He is a complex and conflicted character who’s so conservative in his choices as to border on obscurantism. Yet, he’s also full of compassion towards the weak and poor.Read More…...
- 5/17/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
While The Young Pope TV show will not been renewed for a second season on HBO, it isn't exactly cancelled either. Instead, THR reports HBO has ordered The New Pope -- a follow-up to The Young Pope -- from creator and director Paolo Sorrentino. The Young Pope told the story of Lenny Belardo's (Jude Law) ascension as Pope Pius Xiii. The HBO TV series cast also includes Diane Keaton, Silvio Orlando, Javier Cámara, Scott Shepherd, Cécile de France, Ludivine Sagnier, Toni Bertorelli, and James Cromwell. There is no word yet, on who will return for The New Pope TV series. Read More…...
- 5/16/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Watch a new behind-the-scenes teaser for The Young Pope TV show, coming to HBO on January 15, 2017 at 9:00pm Et/Pt. Jude Law stars as Lenny Belardo, aka Pius Xiii, the first American pope in history. While HBO has not yet renewed The Young Pope for season two, Wildside is currently developing a second installment. The Italian production company will take it to partners HBO, Sky and Canal Plus for co-financing, as soon as Sorrentino finishes the script.The Young Pope also stars Diane Keaton as Sister Mary, a U.S. nun now living in Vatican City. The cast also includes Silvio Orlando, Scott Shepherd, Cécile de France, Javier Cámara, Ludivine Sagnier, Toni Bertorelli, and James Cromwell. Read More…...
- 12/28/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
"What truly made our church great? Fear or tolerance?" HBO has released a new trailer for their upcoming TV series The Young Pope.The drama stars Jude Law as Lenny Belardo, aka Pius Xiii, the first American and youngest pope in history. The cast also includes Diane Keaton, Silvio Orlando, Scott Shepherd, Cécile de France, Javier Cámara, Ludivine Sagnier, Toni Bertorelli, and James Cromwell.Read More…...
- 11/9/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Lenny Belardo is not your typical pontiff. Anointed as the first American Pope in the history of the Catholic church, Jude Law’s chain-smoking icon has ascended to become the head of the Vatican based on an effective, but ultimately deceitful media strategy that would make even Frank Underwood blush.
Welcome to The Young Pope, HBO’s 10-part series that chronicles the rise and rise of Lenny Belardo, who works to establish a papacy unlike anything the church has ever seen. Created by Italian writer-director Paolo Sorrentino, the religious drama has been airing in select territories across Europe since late last month, and will soon make its way across the pond in time for January 15. Also starring Diane Keaton, Silvio Orlando, Scott Shepherd, Cécile de France, Javier Cámara, Ludivine Sagnier, Toni Bertorelli and James Cromwell, as a character portrait, The Young Pope looks set to extract a magnetic, slightly deranged performance from Jude Law.
Welcome to The Young Pope, HBO’s 10-part series that chronicles the rise and rise of Lenny Belardo, who works to establish a papacy unlike anything the church has ever seen. Created by Italian writer-director Paolo Sorrentino, the religious drama has been airing in select territories across Europe since late last month, and will soon make its way across the pond in time for January 15. Also starring Diane Keaton, Silvio Orlando, Scott Shepherd, Cécile de France, Javier Cámara, Ludivine Sagnier, Toni Bertorelli and James Cromwell, as a character portrait, The Young Pope looks set to extract a magnetic, slightly deranged performance from Jude Law.
- 11/8/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Did you light a candle? HBO has finally confirmed The Young Pope will premiere on Sunday, January 15th at 9:00pm Et/Pt. The second episode of the new 10-episode limited drama series will bow the next night, Monday, January 16th at the same time. The remaining episodes will debut on subsequent Sundays and Mondays through the first season's run.Jude Law stars as Lenny Belardo, aka Pius Xiii. Diane Keaton stars as Sister Mary, a nun from the U.S., who now lives in Vatican City. The cast also includes Silvio Orlando, Scott Shepherd, Cécile de France, Javier Cámara, Ludivine Sagnier, Toni Bertorelli, and James Cromwell.Read More…...
- 11/2/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
The Young Pope is here to stay. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the upcoming HBO series has been renewed for a second season before its season one debut.From Paolo Sorrentino, the drama stars Jude Law as Lenny Belardo, the youngest and first American pope in history. The cast also includes Diane Keaton, Silvio Orlando, Scott Shepherd, Cécile de France, Javier Cámara, Ludivine Sagnier, Toni Bertorelli, Sebastian Roché, Daniel Vivian, and James Cromwell.Read More…...
- 10/22/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Lenny Belardo is not your typical pontiff. Sworn in by the Vatican elite and their many cardinals to bring a new lease of life to the Catholic church, Jude Law’s unruly ruler soon faces a baptism of fire, struggling to come to terms with his holy responsibilities in the face of growing skepticism from both fellow clergymen and the thousands worshipping him in St. Peter’s Square.
That is, in essence, the crux of HBO’s new freshman drama The Young Pope. Hatched by Italian writer-director Paolo Sorrentino, the network’s 10-part religious drama has been aligned for a premiere in early 2017, but that hasn’t prevented HBO from drumming up excitement ahead of time with the unveiling of a new teaser trailer.
Introducing viewers to Diane Keaton’s Sister Mary, a power player who helps guide Law’s American-born pope to the throne, it’s an intriguing, deeply provocative snippet,...
That is, in essence, the crux of HBO’s new freshman drama The Young Pope. Hatched by Italian writer-director Paolo Sorrentino, the network’s 10-part religious drama has been aligned for a premiere in early 2017, but that hasn’t prevented HBO from drumming up excitement ahead of time with the unveiling of a new teaser trailer.
Introducing viewers to Diane Keaton’s Sister Mary, a power player who helps guide Law’s American-born pope to the throne, it’s an intriguing, deeply provocative snippet,...
- 10/3/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
A HBO miniseries revolving around a decorated pontiff conjures up a very particular, almost graceful set of preconceptions – billowing white smoke, divine iconography, and religious masses bowing down in the Vatican’s St. Peter’s Square – but for The Young Pope, the network is veering into darker territory.
Hailing from Italian writer-director Paolo Sorrentino, The Young Pope is a 10-part drama that takes a deep dive into a complex web of warring cardinals and a pope who is both conflicted and, arguably, unfit to lead. Smoking candidly and butting heads with his fellow peers, the trailer above sees Jude Law’s Pius Xiii slowly becoming more power crazy as his reign reaches its climax, and he wanders onto that famous balcony to address his adoring masses. Young and brash where his fellow religious folk are old and wise, The Young Pope is brimming with dramatic potential.
In attendance at the ongoing Venice Film Festival,...
Hailing from Italian writer-director Paolo Sorrentino, The Young Pope is a 10-part drama that takes a deep dive into a complex web of warring cardinals and a pope who is both conflicted and, arguably, unfit to lead. Smoking candidly and butting heads with his fellow peers, the trailer above sees Jude Law’s Pius Xiii slowly becoming more power crazy as his reign reaches its climax, and he wanders onto that famous balcony to address his adoring masses. Young and brash where his fellow religious folk are old and wise, The Young Pope is brimming with dramatic potential.
In attendance at the ongoing Venice Film Festival,...
- 9/5/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Jude Law stands as the first American pontiff in today’s new trailer for The Young Pope, Paolo Sorrentino’s eight-part miniseries that is set for a premiere on HBO at some stage later this year.
Pulling together creative talent from Italy, America, Spain, England and France, HBO’s religious drama is nothing short of an international affair, and given that The Young Pope heralds Sorrentino’s return to English-language territory in light of his well-deserved Oscar win for The Great Beauty, we’re definitely excited to see what he has in store for us.
Earning the backing of Sky and Canal Plus, it’s the filmmaker’s first English since last year’s comedy-drama Youth, and here’s how HBO pitches The Young Pope: “From Paolo Sorrentino, director of the Academy Award®-winning ‘The Great Beauty,’ ‘The Young Pope’ tells the controversial story of the beginning of Pius Xiii’s pontificate. The eight-episode series stars Jude Law as the complex and conflicted Pius Xiii, the first American pope.”
Also starring Diane Keaton, Silvio Orlando, Scott Shepherd, Cécile de France, Javier Cámara, Ludivine Sagnier, Toni Bertorelli, and James Cromwell, look for the white smoke to come billowing out of the HBO chimneys when The Young Pope premieres later this year.
Pulling together creative talent from Italy, America, Spain, England and France, HBO’s religious drama is nothing short of an international affair, and given that The Young Pope heralds Sorrentino’s return to English-language territory in light of his well-deserved Oscar win for The Great Beauty, we’re definitely excited to see what he has in store for us.
Earning the backing of Sky and Canal Plus, it’s the filmmaker’s first English since last year’s comedy-drama Youth, and here’s how HBO pitches The Young Pope: “From Paolo Sorrentino, director of the Academy Award®-winning ‘The Great Beauty,’ ‘The Young Pope’ tells the controversial story of the beginning of Pius Xiii’s pontificate. The eight-episode series stars Jude Law as the complex and conflicted Pius Xiii, the first American pope.”
Also starring Diane Keaton, Silvio Orlando, Scott Shepherd, Cécile de France, Javier Cámara, Ludivine Sagnier, Toni Bertorelli, and James Cromwell, look for the white smoke to come billowing out of the HBO chimneys when The Young Pope premieres later this year.
- 6/16/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
In an answer to prayer, Sky Atlantic has released The Young Pope TV series trailer. Watch it, below. The fictional drama is an eight-part mini-series from writer and director Paolo Sorrentino. A joint production of Sky, HBO, and Canal+, The Young Pope features the first American pontiff, Pope Pius Xiii (Jude Law).
The Young Pope TV show cast includes: Jude Law, Diane Keaton, Silvio Orlando, Scott Shepherd, Cécile de France, Javier Cámara, Ludivine Sagnier, Toni Bertorelli, Sebastian Roché, Daniel Vivian, and James Cromwell. The Young Pope is produced by Wildside and co-produced by Haut et Court TV and Mediapro. Executive Producers for Wildside are Lorenzo Mieli and Mario Gianani together with John Lyons.
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The Young Pope TV show cast includes: Jude Law, Diane Keaton, Silvio Orlando, Scott Shepherd, Cécile de France, Javier Cámara, Ludivine Sagnier, Toni Bertorelli, Sebastian Roché, Daniel Vivian, and James Cromwell. The Young Pope is produced by Wildside and co-produced by Haut et Court TV and Mediapro. Executive Producers for Wildside are Lorenzo Mieli and Mario Gianani together with John Lyons.
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- 6/15/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
The first trailer has been released for "Youth" and "The Great Beauty" director Paolo Sorrentino's miniseries "The Young Pope".
Jude Law, Diane Keaton, Silvio Orlando, Scott Shepherd, Cecile de France, Javier Camara, Ludivine Sagnier, Toni Bertorelli and James Cromwell star in the series about the crisis of faith of Pope Pius Xiii (Law) - a man so conservative in his choices as to border on obscurantism, yet full of compassion towards the weak and poor.
The series begins airing on Sky in the U.K. in October, and will debut in the U.S. on HBO on a date Tba.
Jude Law, Diane Keaton, Silvio Orlando, Scott Shepherd, Cecile de France, Javier Camara, Ludivine Sagnier, Toni Bertorelli and James Cromwell star in the series about the crisis of faith of Pope Pius Xiii (Law) - a man so conservative in his choices as to border on obscurantism, yet full of compassion towards the weak and poor.
The series begins airing on Sky in the U.K. in October, and will debut in the U.S. on HBO on a date Tba.
- 6/15/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Tony Sokol Oct 4, 2016
The Young Pope explores the contradictions of faith, and stars Jude Law in the title role. Here's the trailer...
“Who are you?" the first official teaser trailer for The Young Pope asks. The new pontiff, an American played by Jude Law, explains “I'm a contradiction. Like Mary, virgin and mother. Like man, good and evil. I'm God."
Filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino’s English-language TV drama feature will star Law as Lenny Belardo, who is known as the first American pontiff, Pope Pius Xiii. (We should stress that this is a fictional pope that Mr Law is playing.)
“Lenny Belardo, aka Pius Xiii, is the first American Pope in history,” reads the official synopsis.
“Young and charming, his election might seem the result of a simple and effective media strategy by the College of Cardinals.
“Shrewd and naïve, old-fashioned and very modern, doubtful and resolute, ironic, pedantic, hurt and ruthless,...
The Young Pope explores the contradictions of faith, and stars Jude Law in the title role. Here's the trailer...
“Who are you?" the first official teaser trailer for The Young Pope asks. The new pontiff, an American played by Jude Law, explains “I'm a contradiction. Like Mary, virgin and mother. Like man, good and evil. I'm God."
Filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino’s English-language TV drama feature will star Law as Lenny Belardo, who is known as the first American pontiff, Pope Pius Xiii. (We should stress that this is a fictional pope that Mr Law is playing.)
“Lenny Belardo, aka Pius Xiii, is the first American Pope in history,” reads the official synopsis.
“Young and charming, his election might seem the result of a simple and effective media strategy by the College of Cardinals.
“Shrewd and naïve, old-fashioned and very modern, doubtful and resolute, ironic, pedantic, hurt and ruthless,...
- 6/15/2016
- Den of Geek
After his Oscar win for The Great Beauty, director Paolo Sorrentino returned to English-language territory with last year’s Youth. He’s now following it up by heading to the world of television. Backed by HBO, Sky and Canal Plus, he’s directed all eight episodes of The Young Pope, and today we have the first teaser trailer.
The series stars Jude Law as Lenny Belardo, the fictional first American pontiff. While it’ll start airing this October in Italy, HBO has yet to set a release date, but we imagine it’ll be around the same time. Also starring Diane Keaton, Silvio Orlando, Scott Shepherd, Cécile de France, Javier Cámara, Ludivine Sagnier, Toni Bertorelli, and James Cromwell, the trailer has all the sheen one might expect from a Sorrentino project and it can be seen below.
From Paolo Sorrentino, director of the Academy Award®-winning ‘The Great Beauty,’ ‘The Young Pope’ tells the controversial story of the beginning of Pius Xiii’s pontificate. The eight-episode series stars Jude Law as the complex and conflicted Pius Xiii, the first American pope. The cast includes Diane Keaton as Sister Mary, an American nun living in Vatican City, as well as Silvio Orlando, Scott Shepherd, Cécile de France, Javier Cámara, Ludivine Sagnier, Toni Bertorelli and James Cromwell.
The Young Pope will premiere on HBO later this year.
The series stars Jude Law as Lenny Belardo, the fictional first American pontiff. While it’ll start airing this October in Italy, HBO has yet to set a release date, but we imagine it’ll be around the same time. Also starring Diane Keaton, Silvio Orlando, Scott Shepherd, Cécile de France, Javier Cámara, Ludivine Sagnier, Toni Bertorelli, and James Cromwell, the trailer has all the sheen one might expect from a Sorrentino project and it can be seen below.
From Paolo Sorrentino, director of the Academy Award®-winning ‘The Great Beauty,’ ‘The Young Pope’ tells the controversial story of the beginning of Pius Xiii’s pontificate. The eight-episode series stars Jude Law as the complex and conflicted Pius Xiii, the first American pope. The cast includes Diane Keaton as Sister Mary, an American nun living in Vatican City, as well as Silvio Orlando, Scott Shepherd, Cécile de France, Javier Cámara, Ludivine Sagnier, Toni Bertorelli and James Cromwell.
The Young Pope will premiere on HBO later this year.
- 6/15/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The American Film Institute announced today the films that will screen in the World Cinema, Breakthrough, Midnight, Shorts and Cinema’s Legacy programs at AFI Fest 2015 presented by Audi.
AFI Fest will take place November 5 – 12, 2015, in the heart of Hollywood. Screenings, Galas and events will be held at the historic Tcl Chinese Theatre, the Tcl Chinese 6 Theatres, Dolby Theatre, the Lloyd E. Rigler Theatre at the Egyptian, the El Capitan Theatre and The Hollywood Roosevelt.
World Cinema showcases the most acclaimed international films of the year; Breakthrough highlights true discoveries of the programming process; Midnight selections will grip audiences with terror; and Cinema’s Legacy highlights classic movies and films about cinema. World Cinema and Breakthrough selections are among the films eligible for Audience Awards. Shorts selections are eligible for the Grand Jury Prize, which qualifies the winner for Academy Award®consideration. This year’s Shorts jury features filmmaker Janicza Bravo,...
AFI Fest will take place November 5 – 12, 2015, in the heart of Hollywood. Screenings, Galas and events will be held at the historic Tcl Chinese Theatre, the Tcl Chinese 6 Theatres, Dolby Theatre, the Lloyd E. Rigler Theatre at the Egyptian, the El Capitan Theatre and The Hollywood Roosevelt.
World Cinema showcases the most acclaimed international films of the year; Breakthrough highlights true discoveries of the programming process; Midnight selections will grip audiences with terror; and Cinema’s Legacy highlights classic movies and films about cinema. World Cinema and Breakthrough selections are among the films eligible for Audience Awards. Shorts selections are eligible for the Grand Jury Prize, which qualifies the winner for Academy Award®consideration. This year’s Shorts jury features filmmaker Janicza Bravo,...
- 10/22/2015
- by Melissa Thompson
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Macbeth
The Michael Fassbender-Marion Cotillard led "Macbeth" is set to stream exclusively on Amazon soon after its December theatrical release. The Weinstein Company has not set the exact release date on Amazon for the film though.
Fassbender stars as the power-hungry Scot with Cotillard playing Lady Macbeth. Justin Kurzel directed from a script by Jacob Koskoff and Todd Louiso. [Source: Variety]
The Children
New Line has closed a deal to acquire Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis' script pitch "The Children" which will be fast tracked to go into production early next year. The story follows a social worker investigating the mysterious disappearance of two children discovers her own family might also be in jeopardy. [Source: Deadline]
Criminal
Lionsgate has pushed back its London-set action thriller "Criminal" from January 22nd to April 15th next year. Gary Oldman, Kevin Costner, Gal Gadot and Ryan Reynolds star in the film in which a dead CIA operative's memories,...
The Michael Fassbender-Marion Cotillard led "Macbeth" is set to stream exclusively on Amazon soon after its December theatrical release. The Weinstein Company has not set the exact release date on Amazon for the film though.
Fassbender stars as the power-hungry Scot with Cotillard playing Lady Macbeth. Justin Kurzel directed from a script by Jacob Koskoff and Todd Louiso. [Source: Variety]
The Children
New Line has closed a deal to acquire Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis' script pitch "The Children" which will be fast tracked to go into production early next year. The story follows a social worker investigating the mysterious disappearance of two children discovers her own family might also be in jeopardy. [Source: Deadline]
Criminal
Lionsgate has pushed back its London-set action thriller "Criminal" from January 22nd to April 15th next year. Gary Oldman, Kevin Costner, Gal Gadot and Ryan Reynolds star in the film in which a dead CIA operative's memories,...
- 8/4/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Title: Latin Lover Director: Cristina Comencini Starring: Virna Lisi, Maria Paredes, Angela Finocchiaro, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Candela Peña, Pihla Viitala, Nadeah Miranda, Francesco Scianna, Neri Marcorè, Claudio Gioè, Lluís Homar, Toni Bertorelli, Jordi Mollà. Marcello Mastroianni, Ugo Toganzzi, Vittorio Gassman, Gian Maria Volonté – the Italian screen-womanisers of the golden age of Italian cinema – are all united in the character of Saverio Crispo, interpreted by the actor who has become known to the wide audience for playing in Giuseppe Tornatore’s ‘Baaria’: Francesco Scianna. The story begins with Saverio Crispo who has been dead for ten years and all his women are gathered to celebrate the anniversary of his death [ Read More ]
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- 3/23/2015
- by Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi
- ShockYa
A dreamy think piece told in a turgid, painterly style, "Il Principe di Homburg" (The Prince of Homburg) is a muddled attempt to dramatize the duality of governance: Is order best maintained through rigid militaristic means or is it better served through adherence to the heart?
While its ambition is great, this Competition entry is so aesthetically stiff and weighted down by its intellectualizing that it seems like a dusty professorial lecture by someone who has not revised his notes in years. Alas, this "Prince" is unlikely to travel beyond its Italian distribution borders.
Darkly luminous and drenched in Germanic gothic (moons, chiaroscuro lighting, mists), the film centers around the prince of Homburg Andrea Di Stefano), commander of the German cavalry during the Thirty Year War against the Swedes. The prince, unfortunately, suffers from a curious somnambulism, often prowling the gardens at night and acting distracted during important battle plannings. Today we might deem him "disassociative."
In one of his more stupefied moments, the prince leads his charges into battle two minutes before the critical order. Alas, his mania wins the day for the Germans, completely surprising the enemy. Not surprisingly, his commanding officer (Toni Bertorelli) is an arrogant prig and orders him court-martialed, wherein the prince is promptly sentenced to death. In essence, the irony is that the prince behaves most honorably when he is under one of his spells.
More resembling a political-psychological discourse than a flesh-and-blood drama, the film soon dissipates into a series of talking-heads scenes as respective mouthpieces debate such questions as which is more real, the subconscious or the conscious, and what is the best way to govern, through the heart or the intellect.
Technical credits are well-executed, however: Praise to cinematographer Giuseppe Lanci for his richly dark lighting and to production designer Giantito Burchiellaro for his dense drapings. On the minus side, composer Carlo Crivelli's score is ponderous and overwrought, like this film.
IL PRINCIPE DI HOMBURG
In Competition
Film Albatros
in Collaboration with
Rai-Radiotelevisione Italiana
Screenwriter-director Marco Bellocchio
Director of photography Giuseppe Lanci
Music Carlo Crivelli
Production designer Giantito Burchiellaro
Editor Francesca Calvelli
Cast:
Il Principe Di Homburg Andrea Di Stefano
Natalia Barbora Bobulova
Ellettore Toni Bertorelli
Elettrice Anita Laurenzi
Hohenzollern Fabio Camilli
Golz Gianluigi Fogacci
DorflingItalo Dall'Orto
Running time -- 89 minutes
No MPAA rating...
While its ambition is great, this Competition entry is so aesthetically stiff and weighted down by its intellectualizing that it seems like a dusty professorial lecture by someone who has not revised his notes in years. Alas, this "Prince" is unlikely to travel beyond its Italian distribution borders.
Darkly luminous and drenched in Germanic gothic (moons, chiaroscuro lighting, mists), the film centers around the prince of Homburg Andrea Di Stefano), commander of the German cavalry during the Thirty Year War against the Swedes. The prince, unfortunately, suffers from a curious somnambulism, often prowling the gardens at night and acting distracted during important battle plannings. Today we might deem him "disassociative."
In one of his more stupefied moments, the prince leads his charges into battle two minutes before the critical order. Alas, his mania wins the day for the Germans, completely surprising the enemy. Not surprisingly, his commanding officer (Toni Bertorelli) is an arrogant prig and orders him court-martialed, wherein the prince is promptly sentenced to death. In essence, the irony is that the prince behaves most honorably when he is under one of his spells.
More resembling a political-psychological discourse than a flesh-and-blood drama, the film soon dissipates into a series of talking-heads scenes as respective mouthpieces debate such questions as which is more real, the subconscious or the conscious, and what is the best way to govern, through the heart or the intellect.
Technical credits are well-executed, however: Praise to cinematographer Giuseppe Lanci for his richly dark lighting and to production designer Giantito Burchiellaro for his dense drapings. On the minus side, composer Carlo Crivelli's score is ponderous and overwrought, like this film.
IL PRINCIPE DI HOMBURG
In Competition
Film Albatros
in Collaboration with
Rai-Radiotelevisione Italiana
Screenwriter-director Marco Bellocchio
Director of photography Giuseppe Lanci
Music Carlo Crivelli
Production designer Giantito Burchiellaro
Editor Francesca Calvelli
Cast:
Il Principe Di Homburg Andrea Di Stefano
Natalia Barbora Bobulova
Ellettore Toni Bertorelli
Elettrice Anita Laurenzi
Hohenzollern Fabio Camilli
Golz Gianluigi Fogacci
DorflingItalo Dall'Orto
Running time -- 89 minutes
No MPAA rating...
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