Overview
A ragtag group of rogues embarks on a wild quest for fortune and glory in southern Italy.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Moderate
- witty
- irreverent
- bawdy
- classic movie night
- comic adventure viewing
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Brancaleone is a shaggy, inept knight leading rogues through a mock-epic quest for land.
The thieves and outcasts elect Brancaleone and travel together toward Aurocastro through episodic adventures.
The film filters medieval Italy through Italian comic traditions rather than solemn historical realism.
The stolen scroll granting Aurocastro provides the group's concrete reason to undertake the journey.
Films like For Love and Gold, and why
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
shared medieval setting, comic adventure, and irreverent treatment of chivalric conventions
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
shared Italian comic sensibility, episodic travel structure, and ensemble of roguish outsiders
The Name of the Rose
shared bawdy historical comedy, larger-than-life performances, and antiheroic period spectacle
Movie Details
- Director
- Mario Monicelli
- Release Date
- 1966-04-07
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Rating
- 7.7 / 10 (414)
Cast
- Vittorio Gassman
- Catherine Spaak
- Folco Lulli
- Gian Maria Volonté
- Maria Grazia Buccella
- Barbara Steele
- Enrico Maria Salerno
- Carlo Pisacane
- Ugo Fangareggi
- Gianluigi Crescenzi
Common questions
- What is For Love and Gold about?
- A shabby knight leads a band of thieves across medieval Italy in a gloriously irreverent quest for a supposedly wealthy fiefdom.
- What is For Love and Gold like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of For Love and Gold as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is For Love and Gold violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in For Love and Gold as moderate.
- Which films are like For Love and Gold?
- Films with a similar feel include Monty Python and the Holy Grail, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, and The Name of the Rose.
- How long is For Love and Gold?
- For Love and Gold runs 120 minutes.
