The Profession of Arms
105 mins
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.
Fabio Giubbani
Matteo Cusastro
Franco Andreani
Ambasciatore di Carlo V
Kalin Arsov
Barcarolo
Giancarlo Belelli
Alfonso d'Este
Bruno Bendoni
Benedetto Agnello
Silvio Cappellini
Maestro Habram
Vittorio Corcelli
Frate domenicano
Marco De Biagi
Ercole d'Este
Michael Aaron Lindner
Sottufficiale alemanno
Francesca Lonardelli
Cortigiana
Paolo Magagna
Francesco Maria della Rovere
Piergiorgio Maletti
Servitore particolare di Federico Gonzaga
Mauro Marani
Marito della cortigiana
Georgy Marino
Staffiere
Ilija Marshakov
Prete
Rocco Militano
Vicario
Nikolaus Moras
Zorzo Frundsberg
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
Krassimir Mihaylov
Makeup Artist
Ivana Kastratovic
Production Coordinator
Alessandro Calosci
Executive Producer
Doriana Kebedzhieva
Costume Design
Federica Ciciarelli
Second Assistant Director
Tino Polenghi
Production Assistant
Beatrice Biggi
Unit Manager
Pasquale Cuzzupoli
Color Timer
Francesco Liotard
Sound
Giulio Pezza
Makeup Department Head
Massimiliano Pantucci
Assistant Camera
Philippe Antonello
Still Photographer
Alberto Blasi
Makeup Artist
Michela Cingolani
Hairstylist
Massimo Santomarco
Set Decoration
Paolo Faenzi
Assistant Set Decoration
Fabio Traversari
Special Effects Supervisor
Adriana Benedetti
Assistant Editor
Fabio Proserpio
Gaffer
Cesare Emidi
Key Grip
Stefano Quaglia
Assistant Editor
Mario Giacco
Foley Artist
Massimo Rocchi
Sound Effects Editor
Alessandro Giacco
Sound Effects Editor
Massimo Ciaraglia
Special Effects Supervisor
Luigi Musini
Producer
Luigi Marchione
Production Design
Francesca Sartori
Costume Design
Federico Boldrini Parravicini
Production Manager
Fabio Vacchi
Original Music Composer
Fabio Olmi
Director of Photography
Paolo Cottignola
Editor
Enrico Marrari
First Assistant Director