The story
Deranged after a fall from a horse, a man has lived for twenty years in a castle laboring under the delusion that he is Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV. His psychiatrist concocts an elaborate scheme to shock him out of his medieval reverie.
Cast & crew
Marcello MastroianniHenry IV
Claudia CardinaleMatilda
Leopoldo TriestePsichiatra
Paolo BonacelliBelcredi
Gianfelice ImparatoDi Nolli
Claudio SpadaroLolo
Giuseppe CedernaFino Pagliuca
Luciano BartoliHenry IV (young)
Massimo Antonio RossiYoung Belcredi (uncredited)Explore the crew
- Original Music Composer
- Astor Piazzolla
- Producer
- Enzo Porcelli
- Director of Photography
- Giuseppe Lanci
- Editor
- Mirco Garrone
- Director
- Marco Bellocchio
- Screenplay
- Marco Bellocchio