After saving an infant of royal blood, knight Brancaleone forms a new army and sets out to return the baby to his father: a prince fighting in the Crusades.

Vittorio Gassman
as Brancaleone Da Norcia

Adolfo Celi
as Re Boemondo

Sandro Dori
as Rozzone

Beba Lončar
as principessa Berta d'Avignone

Gigi Proietti
as Pattume; Colombino; la Morte

Gianrico Tedeschi
as Pantaleo

Paolo Villaggio
as Thorz

Lino Toffolo
as Panigotto da Vinegia

Stefania Sandrelli
as Tiburzia da Pellocce

Gianluigi Crescenzi
as Taccone