The Seventh Sword Explained

The Seventh Sword
Director:Riccardo Freda
Producer:
Screenplay:
  • Riccardo Freda
  • Filippo Sanjust
Story:
  • Riccardo Freda
  • Filippo Sanjust
Starring:
Music:Franco Mannino
Cinematography:Raffaele Masciocchi
Editing:Franco Fraticelli
Studio:
  • Adelphia
  • Francisco Films
Distributor:Cino Del Duca
Runtime:84 minutes
Country:
Gross:140 million

The Seventh Sword (Italian: Le sette spade del vendicatore, French: Sept épées pour le roi, also known as Seven Swords for the King) is a 1962 Italian-French adventure film directed by Riccardo Freda. It is a remake of Freda's debut film Don Cesare di Bazan.[2] [3]

Cast

Release

The Seventh Swords was released in Italy on 30 October 1962, where it was distributed by Cino Del Duca. The film had a domestic gross of 140 million Italian lira in Italy.

Reception

In a contemporary review, the Monthly Film Bulletin stated that the Director "is here at his best" and that The Seventh Sword is "a film which is in its way delightful, with much to charm the eye and tickle the senses" The review noted specific scenes a tongue-in-cheek fight scene that plays in and out of a bedroom and "the final duel staged in a torture chamber of almost surrealist design and lurid colours"

References

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Monthly Film Bulletin. 30. 348. 147–148. 1963. Sette spade del vendicatore, Le. London. 0027-0407.
  2. Book: Roberto Poppi, Mario Pecorari. Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 2007. 8884405033.
  3. Book: Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti - Dizionario dei film. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. 8860736269.