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Conqueror of the Orient

Centuries ago in the Orient, the fiscal exactions on the people lead to a revolt against the usurper of the throne, and the empowerment of a new leader.

Top Cast

  • Rik Battaglia

    Rik Battaglia

    Nadir

  • Irène Tunc

    Irène Tunc

    Fatima

  • Gianna Maria Canale

    Gianna Maria Canale

    Dinazar / Zobeida

  • Edda Ferronao

    Edda Ferronao

    Fatima's Maid #1

  • Attilio Torelli

    Attilio Torelli

    Leader of the Red Robes Tribe

  • Riccardo Ferri

    Riccardo Ferri

    Leader of the White Robes Tribe

  • Myriam Cordella

    Myriam Cordella

    Fatima's Maid #2

  • Aldo Pini

    Aldo Pini

    Chief of Prison Guards

  • Renato Montalbano

    Renato Montalbano

Overview

Centuries ago in the Orient, the fiscal exactions on the people lead to a revolt against the usurper of the throne, and the empowerment of a new leader.

Rating

8.0 / 10
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  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    4 Apr 4, 2022

    When the evil "Dakar" (Paul Muller) seizes control of the City of the Golden Dome, he demands a whole new tranche of taxes from his already over-burdened people. One of his demands is that the young princess "Fatima" (Irène Tunc) marry him. She'd sooner shoot herself in both eyes - so she manages to escape his clutches and alights on humble fisherman "Nadir" (Rik Battaglia) with whom she falls in love. Can he save her from the agents of the nasty Sultan and maybe just lead a revolt against his tyranny? To be fair, here, the story is actually quite good - there are plenty of court intrigues and machinations, but the acting. Dear heavens but that is really poor. Battaglia is easy enough on the eye, as is Tunc, but the rest of this is little short of dreadful. The dialogue (dubbed , of course,) is straight out of a soap opera and the action scenes - there is an hilarious harem scene, but I doubt it is meant to be - are overly staged and frequently quite risible. The production budget cannot have been great, but the thing still looks ok - the costumes and sets are OK, but as the story develops it all just falls apart. The ending can't come soon enough.

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