war between constantinopolis and the turk while a good look christian warrior and lustful damsel while and castle intrigue . good element for an adventure and love story . package this with a rich production and luscious imagery and elaborate carnivalesque costume and and famous actor . sound good . ala and this titanic effort meet it iceberg in the form of dumb and disneyesque bombastic dialog . the intellectual level be that of child and though young teen may find pleasure in the action . i could tolerate such dumbing down for just an hour . a wasted evening . i felt sad for giancarlo gianini and an actor for which i have great admiration . to see him in such a wreck . i guess the pay must have be good . he redeem himself when and after one bit of shaggy dog dialog and he look askance at the perpetrator of the utterance with a disgust fill sneer . yes and giancarlo and that the way i felt throughout the time i endure this albatross .