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Swordsman of Siena (1962)

Swordsman of Siena poster
Original title
La congiura dei dieci
Directed by
Baccio Bandini, Étienne Périer
Genre
adventure film
Country
France, Italy
Runtime
1h 37m
Rated
12
Rating
4.1 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In 16th century Italy under Spanish rule, a swordsman leads a plot to free the city of Siena. He teams up with a noblewoman and a young woman to fight against oppression.

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What happens

Swordsman of Siena (Italian: La congiura dei dieci; French: Le Mercenaire) is a 1962 French-Italian adventure film directed by Étienne Périer and Baccio Bandini and starring Stewart Granger, Sylva Koscina and Christine Kaufmann. The film is set in Spanish-controlled Italy during the sixteenth century. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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