movie

1993 · Italy

The Cave of the Golden Rose 3

Tonight at a glance

Runtime: 200 min
Language: Italian
Country: Italy

Why tonight?

A long one. Start it early, and give it the whole evening.
In Italian — subtitles on.

The story

The powerful evil wizard Tarabas gets knowledge about a prophecy that a king's child will defeat him. So he sends out his army of dead soldiers to kidnap all royal children. When the soldiers attack Fantaghiro's castle to steal the babies of her sisters, the battle seems to be lost until she discovers the secret to defeat the solders but by doing that she loses Romualdo. Now Fantaghiro must find the evil wizard Tarabas and convince him to break the spell and bring back Romualdo.

witch
magic
fairy tale
redemption
anthropomorphism
heroine
warlock
evil witch
wizard
salvation

The bill

Nicholas Rogers — Tarabas
Brigitte Nielsen — Strega Nera
Barbora Kodetová — Catherine
Kateřina Brožová — Caroline
Jakub Zdeněk — Lightning
Lenka Kužvartová — Bolt
Anna Geislerová — Queen of the Elves
Karel Polišenský — No Eyes
Marie Spurná — Beetlebub Witch
Jitka Moravka — Mouldy Witch
Josef Zeman — Gnome

Directed: Lamberto Bava
Written: Gianni Romoli

Production

Rating: 6.3 / 10 · 105 ratings
Studio: Reteitalia, Silvio Berlusconi Communications, Taurus Film

The Collection

The complete story, in order.

1991
The Cave of the Golden Rose
Where it starts.
The Cave of the Golden Rose 2
1992
The Cave of the Golden Rose 3
1993 · You’re here

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