L'armata Brancaleone
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For the Italian comune, see Brancaleone, Calabria.
L'armata Brancaleone (known in English-speaking countries as For Love and Gold or The Incredible Army of Brancaleone) is an Italian comedy film released on April 7, 1966, written by the duo Age & Scarpelli and directed by Mario Monicelli. It features Vittorio Gassman in the main role. It was entered into the 1966 Cannes Film Festival.[2]
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Directed by | Mario Monicelli |
Written by | Agenore Incrocci Furio Scarpelli Mario Monicelli |
Produced by | Mario Cecchi Gori |
Starring | Vittorio Gassman Catherine Spaak Gian Maria Volonté Folco Lulli Maria Grazia Buccella Barbara Steele Enrico Maria Salerno |
Music by | Carlo Rustichelli |
Distributed by | Titanus Film |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
Box office | $2.2 million (Italy)[1] |
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The term Armata Brancaleone is still used today in Italian to define a group of badly assembled and poorly equipped people. Brancaleone is an actual historical name, meaning the paw of lions in heraldry jargon. Brancaleone degli Andalò was a governor of Rome in the Middle Ages.