The Battle of the Three Kings (film)

The Battle of the Three Kings
Directed by	Souheil Ben-Barka; Uchkun Nazarov
Produced by	Alo Khodzhlev ; Leo Pescarolo ; Jaime Oriol
Written by	Souheil Ben-Barka; Guido Castillo
Starring	Massimo Ghini; Ángela Molina
Music by	Anvar Ergashev; Vladimir Martynov
Cinematography	Girolamo La Rosa
Release date	1990;
Language	English

The Battle of the Three Kings (Russian: Bitva tryokh koroley, Italian: La battaglia dei tre tamburi di fuoco, Spanish: La batalla de los tres reyes, also known as Drums of Fire) is a 1990 Soviet-Italian-Spanish-Moroccan historical adventure-drama film directed by Souheil Ben-Barka and Uchkun Nazarov and starring Massimo Ghini and Ángela Molina. It depicts real life events of the Saadi Sultan of Morocco Abd el Malek I.[1][2][3]

Plot

The film tells the story of the Saadi dynasty prince Abdelmalek, exiled from Morocco by his brothers. Since his exile, he will live twenty adventurous years: fight the Spanish Inquisition, take part in the Battle of Lepanto, be incarcerated in Alicante prison, and assist in the Conquest of Tunis. Eventually, he returns to Morocco to fulfill his destiny.

Cast

Massimo Ghini as Abd el Malek
Ángela Molina as Sophie
F. Murray Abraham as Osrain
Ugo Tognazzi as Carlo di Palma
Fernando Rey as Pope Paul V
Claudia Cardinale as Roxelane
Irene Papas as Lalla Sahaba
Harvey Keitel as Sandobal
Souad Amidou as Meryem
Olegar Fedoro as Father Tebaldo
Joaquín Hinojosa as Akalay
Sergey Bondarchuk as Selim

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References

Khalid Khodari. Guide des réalisateurs marocains. El Maarif Al Jadida, 2000.
Association des trois mondes. Les cinémas d'Afrique: dictionnaire. KARTHALA Editions, 2000.
Anna Maria Mori (9 November 1989). "Kolossal nel deserto". La Repubblica. Retrieved 7 July 2015.

External links

The Battle of the Three Kings on IMDb

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[1] Khalid Khodari. Guide des réalisateurs marocains. El Maarif Al Jadida, 2000.

[2] Association des trois mondes. Les cinémas d'Afrique: dictionnaire. KARTHALA Editions, 2000.

[3] Anna Maria Mori (9 November 1989). "Kolossal nel deserto". La Repubblica. Retrieved 7 July 2015.