L'armata Brancaleone

L'armata Brancaleone
L'armata Brancaleone
	Theatrical release poster
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
Release date	April 7, 1966;
Running time	120 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian
Box office	$2.2 million (Italy)

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]

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.

^ "Top Italian Film Grossers". Variety. October 11, 1967. p. 33.
^ "Festival de Cannes: L'armata Brancaleone". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-03-07.

[itgross-1] "Top Italian Film Grossers". Variety. October 11, 1967. p. 33.

[festival-cannes.com-2] "Festival de Cannes: L'armata Brancaleone". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-03-07.

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