A raucous, mud-stained anti-epic that strips the Middle Ages of its shining armor, revealing a hilarious world of rot, cowardice, and delusional optimism. Like a commedia dell'arte troupe lost in a Bergmanesque plague landscape.
For Love and Gold
L'armata Brancaleone
Director:
Mario Monicelli
Cast:
Vittorio Gassman, Catherine Spaak, Folco Lulli, Gian Maria Volonté, Maria Grazia Buccella
Comedy
Adventure
Box Office:
$1,314,230
For Love and Gold - Easter Eggs & Hidden Details
Easter Eggs
Parody of 'The Seventh Seal'
While the direct chess parody is in the sequel, the first film's visual style—stark landscapes, silhouettes against the sky, and the plague village sequence—is a deliberate comedic twist on Ingmar Bergman's serious medieval aesthetic.
St. Stylites Reference
The character of the monk Zenone and the background details of hermits on columns reference the historical Stylites (pillar-saints), mocking extreme asceticism common in the Middle Ages.