The Profession of Arms

The Profession of Arms

105 mins | Drama, War, History | May 11, 2001

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.

The Profession of Arms

105 mins | Drama, War, History | May 11, 2001

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.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers StudioCanal, Taurus Produktion, Boyana Film, Cinemaundici, Rai Cinema
Original title Il mestiere delle armi
Directors Andrea Marrari, Fabrizia Iacona, Federica Ciciarelli, Ermanno Olmi
Writers Ermanno Olmi

Cast

Christo Jivkov

as Giovanni De' Medici

Sergio Grammatico

as Federico II Gonzaga

Dimitar Ratchkov

as Lucantonio Cuppano

Fabio Giubbani

as Matteo Cusastro

Saša Vulićević

as Pietro Aretino

Desislava Tenekedjieva

as Caterina De' Medici

Sandra Ceccarelli

as Nobildonna di Mantova

Aldo Toscano

as Aloisio Gonzaga

Franco Palmieri

as Paolo Giovio

Franco Andreani

as Ambasciatore di Carlo V

Kalin Arsov

as Barcarolo

Giancarlo Belelli

as Alfonso d'Este

Bruno Bendoni

as Benedetto Agnello

Silvio Cappellini

as Maestro Habram

Vittorio Corcelli

as Frate domenicano

Marco De Biagi

as Ercole d'Este

Alessandro Genovesi

as Ufficiale posto di guardia

Michael Aaron Lindner

as Sottufficiale alemanno

Francesca Lonardelli

as Cortigiana

Paolo Magagna

as Francesco Maria della Rovere

Piergiorgio Maletti

as Servitore particolare di Federico Gonzaga

Mauro Marani

as Marito della cortigiana

Georgy Marino

as Staffiere

Ilija Marshakov

as Prete

Rocco Militano

as Vicario

Nikolaus Moras

as Zorzo Frundsberg