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Mamma... li turchi! (1973)

Mamma... li turchi! poster
Directed by
Renato Savino
Genre
comedy film
Country
Italy
Runtime
1h 25m
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This Italian comedy from 1973 tells three separate stories set in southern Italy during the time of Barbary pirate raids. One involves an attempted kidnapping of a noblewoman. Another is about the abduction of a castle lady. The third deals with a merchant killing his cheating wife.

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What happens

Mamma... li turchi! è un film del 1973, diretto da Renato Savino. Tre storie ambientate nel meridione d'Italia sotto l'incubo dei pirati barbareschi. La prima racconta del tentato rapimento della nobildonna Giulia Gonzaga da parte del corsaro Barbarossa. La seconda il ratto della castellana di Marsala Sibilla Nobili. La terza racconta della decapitazione della moglie infedele di un ricco mercante. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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