Historical drama showing in the Movie World season of international cinema, starring Andrea Di Stefano The Prince of Homburg, distracted by love, impulsively disobeys his sovereign's direct orders in the heat of battle.
Though the Prussians win the battle, the monarch is obliged to institute a court martial - and the penalty is death. Widescreen. In Italian with English subtitles.
Director Marco Bellocchio (1997)* See Rims: pp 46-52 **
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