Steve Reeves

Giorgia Moll

Scilla Gabel

Renato Baldini

Gérard Herter

Milivoje Živanović

Nikola Popović

Jovan Gec

Nikša Stefanini

Milivoje 'Mavid' Popović

Antun Nalis

Marija Točinoski

Pasquale Basile

Goffredo Unger

Mario Zama

Mario Bava

Riccardo Freda

Milo Đukanović

Enzo Musumeci Greco

Simo Cvjetkovic

Odoardo Fiory

Gino De Santis

Milan Žmukić

Andrea Fantacci

Leo Tolstoy

Frano Vodopivec

Aleksandar Milović

Kosta Krivokapić

Kreso Grcevic

Ermete Paolucci

Leopoldo Savona

Antonio Marini

Anna Cristofani

Branko Lustig

Roberto Nicolosi

Ákos Tolnay

Luigi Urbini

Ubaldo Terzano

Branko Markovic

Sekula Banovic

Ovidio Del Grande

Mirko Mačkić

Dušan Perković

Thomas Sagone

Filippo Sanjust

Kaja Zilko

Action

Adventure

History

Agi Murad, il diavolo bianco

Lovćen film

Majestic Films

Italy

Yugoslavia

CinemaSerf

An almost unrecognisable Steve Reeves takes on the mantle of Tolstoy’s rebellious freedom fighter “Agi Murad” in this quickly paced but poorly produced action adventure. His character is determined to ensure that his Chechen population remains free from the tyranny of the troops of Czar Nicholas (Milivoje Zivanovic). The plot follows predictable lines as the small but determined band refuse to bow down in the face of overwhelming odds, scheming plotters and duplicitous allies that they can’t trust. There has been some vision here from director Riccardo Freda and his set piece action scenes, costumes and Roberto Nicolosi’s lively score all give this a certain style, but the editing is shocking and the acting, led from the top by an out-of-sorts Reeves but also featuring a lacklustre group of supporters who might have done better in silent films, really slows the thing down to the level of an overly verbose and episodic soap. Georgia Moll and Scilla Gabel do their limited best to bring some sultry glamour, but no amount of silk gauze can infuse them with much substance and the whole film rather fades away before us. Pity, it’s a solid story that had they bothered to provide a decent script and some post production effort for, could have been good.

Italiano

The White Warrior