This is an Italian rendition freely based on Rafael Sabatini novel . Swashbuckler set in France and made in in short budget . Scaramouche : Christian Hay , is a stage actor and audacious lover , as well as a skilled swordsman . At the beginning Scaramouche saves a woman from some nasty swordsmen who attempt to murder her , she is really a powerful countesss and Queen's friend . Along the way Scaramouche plays on stage with his troupe and his girlfriend : Freyberg , who wishes anxiously to marry him. Then Scaramouche is hired by a countess : Erna Schurer to avoid a scheme carried out by cunning conspirators. As Scaramouche poses as an English duke to crack the plot of a group of aristocrats , The Fronda , that want to rule over by killing the heir King, the kid Louis XIV , and the Regent Queen Anna of Austria : Milly Vitale and Cardinal Mazarino .
This costumer contains overwhelming action, comedy , intrigue , romance , mayhem and a lot of fencing . A light and low budgeted recounting about Rafael Sabatini novel , though it doesn't follow the ordinary canon . Stars the unknown Christian Hay of brief cinematic career giving a sympathetic performance . Being accompanied by three beautiful girls : Freyberg , Erna Schurer and Milly Vitale as Queen Anna . It displays a jolly and lively musical score by Carlo Savina . Though packs lousy cinematography by Silvio Froschetti, due to the film copy is washed-out, being really necessary a perfect remastering . The motion picture was middlingly but professionally directed by the Italian adventures expert Piero Pierotti . This craftsman Pierotti wrote and directed a lot of adventures , Peplum and historical films , such as : " Zorro the Rebel, The Black Archer , Marco Polo , Fury of the Vikings , Rome versus Rome , Pedro El Cruel, Hercules contre Corsaire Noir , Hercules versus Rome , Robin Hood , Maciste in Hell , Hercules and the Masked Rider" , among others ,
The classy story about Scaramouche has been remade in various versions , firstly take on a silent retelling : "Scaramouche" 1923 by Rex Ingram with Ramon Navarro, Alice Terry , Lewis Stone . "Scaramouche" 1950 by George Sidney with Stewart Granger, Mel Ferer , Janet Leigh, Nina Foch , Henry Wilconson . "The adventures of Scaramouche" 1963 by Antonio Isasi with Gerard Barray , Gian Maria Canale , Alberto de Mendoza , Michelle Girardon . "Adventures and lovers of Scaramouche" 1970 by Enzo G Castellari with Michael Sarrazin, Ursula Andress , Michael Forest , Aldo Maccione , Sal Borghese . And "Scaramouche or se vuoi l'assoluzione baciar devi sto cordone!" 1973 by Gianfranco Baldanello with Stelvio Rossi, Mario Brega , Dalila Di Lazzaro.
