The Cave of the Golden Rose 4

The Cave of the Golden Rose 4 (1994)

Fantaghirò 4

A black cloud travels across country, kills animals and plants and dries up the rivers. When the cloud reaches Fantaghiro's kingdom she meets Prince Parsel who follows the cloud to get his stolen castle back. After her castle vanishes, too, Fantaghiro joins Parsel on his journey to find her home, her people, her family and her love.

Date of release
1994-12-19
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (94)
Runtime
3h 20m
Genres
Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Director
Lamberto Bava
Collection
The Cave of the Golden Rose Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

Fantaghirò 4 is the fourth film from the Fantaghirò series. Released in 1994, it was directed by Lamberto Bava and stars Alessandra Martines as the title character. The film was released on television as a two-parter, and is known in some releases as Fantaghirò 7 and Fantaghirò 8 due to previous instalments having been split into two parts each as well.

Production

Fantaghirò 4 was shot over ten and a half weeks in Moravia for the main locations of the story, and in Thailand for the scenes taking place in the fictional kingdom of Tohor.

Kim Rossi Stuart, the male lead of the franchise as Romualdo, refused to take part in the film, forcing the writer Gianni Romoli to create the film's plot in relation to the absence of Romualdo. The final scene where Romualdo reverts back to his likeness in front of the mirror was made by using old footage played backwards.

The fourth installment closes the first cycle of the saga. The following film, Fantaghirò 5, was planned as the beginning of a trilogy that was never completed. The protagonist would have travelled through several parallel worlds before being returned to her kingdom by Romualdo.

Director Lamberto Bava said he had "two goals: to improve the quality and to renew the themes." Alessandra Martines said, "I love the character of Fantaghirò, but I brought her to the doctor. The fact is that I found a new stimulus in an innovative screenplay: my heroine is still a crazy head, rebellious and mischievous, but she learned to be wiser." Romoli, who wrote the story and the screenplay, said it have levels, the easiest being the archet…

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