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.

Presented in association with the Italian Institute of Culture, Sydney

Rating

U

Duration

82 min

Cast

Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale

Director

Marco Bellocchio