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The Battle of the Three Kings (film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Battle of the Three Kings' (, , , 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 ngela Molina. It depicts real life events of the Saadi Sultan of Morocco Abd el Malek I.Khalid Khodari. 'Guide des ralisateurs marocains'. El Maarif Al Jadida, 2000.Association des trois mondes. 'Les cinmas d'Afrique: dictionnaire'. KARTHALA Editions, 2000.
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
*ngela 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
*Joaqun Hinojosa - as Akalay
*Sergey Bondarchuk - as Selim
*Viktor Korolev - as Monelo
See also
*Battle of Ksar El Kebir
References
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