The Loves and Times of Scaramouche

The Loves and Times of Scaramouche

Directed by	Enzo G. Castellari
Written by	Tito Carpi Enzo G. Castellari
Starring	Michael Sarrazin
Music by	Franco Bixio Vince Tempera Fabio Frizzi
Cinematography	Giovanni Bergamini
Release dates	1976 (1976)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Le avventure e gli amori di Scaramouche (internationally released as The Loves and Times of Scaramouche) is a 1976 Italian comedy film directed by Enzo G. Castellari.

Plot

Along with his sidekick Whistle (Giancarlo Prete), Scaramouche (Michael Sarrazin) unwittingly becomes entangled in a plot to assassinate Napoleon - only to find himself the unlikely object of desire for Napoleon's lascivious new bride, the Empress Josephine (Ursula Andress).

Cast

Michael Sarrazin as Scaramouche
Ursula Andress as Josephine De Beauharnais
Aldo Maccione as Napoleon Bonaparte
Giancarlo Prete as Whistle
Michael Forest as Danglar
Sal Borgese
Romano Puppo
Riccardo Garrone (uncredited)
Renzo Marignano (uncredited)

Reception

The film was generally bad received by critics. According to New York Post's film critic Linda Gross the film is "a silly, slapstick spaghetti spoof of swashbuckling adventure movies".^[1] Maurizio Cavagnaro defined the film as an "indigestible mess".^[2]

References

↑ Film review digest, Volume 2. Kraus-Thomson Organization, 1976.
↑ Maurizio Cavagnaro (24 January 1976). "Le avventure e gli amori di Scaramouche". Corriere Mercantile. |access-date= requires |url= (help)

External links

The Loves and Times of Scaramouche at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Enzo G. Castellari

Few Dollars for Django (1966)
Renegade Riders (1967)
Any Gun Can Play (1967)
Johnny Hamlet (1968)
One Dollar Too Many (1968)
Kill Them All and Come Back Alone (1968)
Eagles Over London (1969)
Cold Eyes of Fear (1971)
Hector the Mighty (1972)
Sting of the West (1973)
High Crime (1973)
Street Law (1974)
Cry, Onion! (1975)
The Big Racket (1976)
The Loves and Times of Scaramouche (1976)
Keoma (1976)
The Heroin Busters (1977)
The Inglorious Bastards (1978)
The House by the Edge of the Lake (1979)
The Shark Hunter (1979)
Day of the Cobra (1980)
Great White (1980)
1990: The Bronx Warriors (1982)
The New Barbarians (1983)
Escape from the Bronx (1983)
Tuareg: The Desert Warrior (1984)
Light Blast (1985)
Striker (1987)
Hammerhead (1987)
Sinbad of the Seven Seas (1989)
Jonathan of the Bears (1993)
The Return of Sandokan (1996)
Desert of Fire (1997)
Gioco a incastro (2000)
Caribbean Basterds (2010)

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