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Gerusalemme liberata (1957)

Gerusalemme liberata poster
Original title
La Gerusalemme liberata
Directed by
Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia
Genre
drama film, adventure film
Country
Italy
Runtime
1h 35m
Rating
4.7 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This film is about the First Crusade and follows the Christian knights as they try to capture Jerusalem. It is based on a 16th century Italian poem.

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What happens

The Mighty Crusaders (Italian: Gerusalemme liberata, lit. 'Jerusalem Set Free') is a 1957 film about the First Crusade (1096–1099), based on the 16th-century Italian poem Jerusalem Delivered by Torquato Tasso. This film was directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia. The Italian version was written by Sandro Continenza and the English translation was written by Annalena Limentani and Frederica Nutter. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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