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Hearts and Armour
French theatrical poster
Directed by	Giacomo Battiato
Written by	Giacomo Battiato
Based on	Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto
Produced by	Nicola Carraro
Cinematography	Dante Spinotti
Edited by	Ruggero Mastroianni
Music by	David A. Hughes Martin Cooper
Production company	Vides Cinematografica
Distributed by	Warner Bros. (U.S.)
Release date	September 21, 1983 (1983-09-21) (Italy)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	Italy
Languages	English Italian

Hearts and Armour (Italian: I Paladini: Storia d'armi e d'amori) is a 1983 Italian adventure film directed by Giacomo Battiato. It is loosely based on the stories of the Paladins especially the epic poem Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto.

The film was generally panned by critics, but appreciated on its visual side. The Sydney Morning Herald wrote "The settings are sensational, the costumes are magnificent. The story, on the other hand, is almost non-existent". Starburst said it's "the best film to come out of Italy in a long while." Hearts and Armour won the David di Donatello for Best Costumes. A much longer version of the film was broadcast as a mini-series on Italian television.

Cast

Zeudi Araya as Marfisa
Barbara De Rossi as Bradamante
Rick Edwards as Rolando
Ronn Moss as Ruggiero
Maurizio Nichetti as Atlante
Tanya Roberts as Isabella
Giovanni Visentin as Gano
Tony Vogel as Ferraù
Leigh McCloskey as Rinaldo
Lina Sastri as Maga
Lucien Bruchon as Aquilante
Alfredo Bini as King Cristiano
Pier Luigi Conti (Al Cliver) as Selvaggio

References

Donald Beecher; Massimo Ciavolella; Roberto Fedi (January 2003). Ariosto Today: Contemporary Perspectives. University of Toronto Press, 2003. ISBN 0802029671.
"I Paladini di Battiato combattono in splendenti armature senz'anima". La Stampa. Nov 25, 1983. p. 21.
Eisenhuth, Susie (Nov 27, 1983). "Medieval romp silly, but a visual wow". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
Jones, Alan (June 1984). "Starburst Review Section - Hearts of Armour [sic]". Starburst. Vol. 6, no. 71. Marvel UK. p. 41.
Enrico Lancia (1998). I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 88-7742-221-1.

External links

Hearts and Armour at IMDb
Hearts and Armour at AllMovie

v t e Ludovico Ariosto's Orlando Furioso
Fictional characters	Angelica Bradamante Brandimarte Ruggiero Angelica and Medoro Rodomonte Mandricardo Astolfo Atlantes Brunello Ferragut Sacripante Agolant Duke Aymon Ganelon Marfisa Maugris Melissa Naimon Oliver Pinabel Renaud de Montauban Zerbino Brigliadoro
Historical figures	Roland Charlemagne
Source	Orlando Innamorato by Matteo Maria Boiardo La Spagna Entrée d'Espagne
Films	Hearts and Armour (1983)
Opera	La liberazione di Ruggiero (Caccini, 1625) Il palazzo incantato (Rossi, 1642) Roland (Lully, 1685) Orlando Generoso (Steffani, 1691) Bradamante (Lacoste, 1707) Orlando furioso (Vivaldi, 1714) Orlando (Vivaldi, 1727) Orlando (Handel, 1733) Ariodante (Handel, 1735) Alcina (Handel, 1735) Les Paladins (Rameau, 1760) Roland (Piccinni, 1778) Orlando paladino (Haydn, 1782) Ariodant (Méhul, 1799) Ginevra di Scozia (Mayr, 1801) Bombastes Furioso (Rhodes, 1810)
Art	Roger Freeing Angelica (1873 painting)
Related	The Castle of Iron The Song of Roland Paladin

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