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form y separately published work icon Swordsman of Siena single work   film/TV   adventure   historical fiction  
Alternative title: La Congiura dei Dieci
Note: Coppel co-wrote the English-language screenplay with American husband-and-wife script-writers Michael Kanin and Fay Kanin. The Italian-language screenplay was co-written by Sandro Continenza and Dominique Fabre.
Issue Details: First known date: 1962... 1962 Swordsman of Siena
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Film Details - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer , 1962

Producers:

Jacques Bar.

Production Companies:

Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer.
MGM produced and released (worldwide) the dubbed version of the film, for which Coppel was script-writer.
The original Italian-French production with the Italian-language script had been produced by Compagnia Cinematografica Montoro, Compagnie Internationale de Productions Cinématographiques, and Monica Film.

Director of Photography:

Tonino Delli Colli.

Editors:

Monique Isnardon, Robert Isnardon, and Renzo Lucidi.

Music:

Mario Nascimbene.

Cast:

Including Stewart Granger (Thomas Stanswood), Sylva Koscina (Orietta Arconti), Christine Kaufmann (Serenella Arconti), Riccardo Garrone (Don Carlos), Alberto Lupo (Andrea Paresi), Marina Berti (Countess of Osta), Tullio Carminati (Father Giacomo), and Claudio Gora (Leoni).

Location:

  • Set in Spanish-controlled Tuscany in the 16th century.

Notes:

Released as Swordsman of Siena in the UK and US.

The original Italian title was La Conguira dei Dieci, and the alternate Italian title was Lo Spadaccino di Siena: the former is the title under which it appears on IMDB and the latter the title under which it is listed on the BFI website.


Subjects:
Settings:
  • c
    Italy,
    c
    Western Europe, Europe,
  • 1500-1599
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