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'''''The Nights of Lucretia Borgia''''' is a 1959 Italian film. It was also known as '''Le notti di Lucrezia Borgia '''.<ref>[http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/1223118/index.html Belinda Lee] at BFI Screenonline</ref>
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| studio = Fidès, Musa
| distributor = Eroc (UK)
| released = 1959 (Italy)<br>Sept 1960 (USA)
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'''''The Nights of Lucretia Borgia''''' is a 1959 Italian film. It was also known as '''Le notti di Lucrezia Borgia ''' and '''Nights of Temptation'''.<ref>[http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/1223118/index.html Belinda Lee] at BFI Screenonline</ref>


==Plot==
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It was Belinda Lee's first movie after her contract with Rank ended.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Variety|title=Rome|url=https://archive.org/details/variety213-1959-02/page/n157/mode/1up?q=%22belinda+lee%22|page=78|date=11 February 1959}}</ref>
Diana d'Alva is part of a family who are leading a conspiracy against the Borgias in medieval Italy. She is rescued from being attacked by Federico, a virtuous nobleman from an impoverished family.

Federico goes to serve Cesare Borgia. Cesare's sister Lucrezia desires Federico but he is in love with Diana. Lucrezia's former lover, Astorre, is jealous of Frederico.

Frederico rescues Diana from the Borgias and kills Atorre in a duel.
==Cast==
==Cast==
*Belinda Lee as [[Lucretia Borgia]]
*Belinda Lee as [[Lucretia Borgia]]
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*Nando Tamberlani as Duca d'Alva
*Nando Tamberlani as Duca d'Alva
*Raf Baldassarre as Ruggero
*Raf Baldassarre as Ruggero
==Production==
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It was Belinda Lee's first movie after her contract with Rank ended. Filming ended by February 1959.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Variety|title=Rome|url=https://archive.org/details/variety213-1959-02/page/n157/mode/1up?q=%22belinda+lee%22|page=78|date=11 February 1959}}</ref>

==Reception==
The ''Monthly Film Bulletin'' said the film had "sumptuous sets and costumes, an almost unbroken flow of sword and bodour play and the somewhat mechanical athleticism of its Fairbanks hero (Jacques Seras) all fail to lend this period confection the right kind of robust self-assertion. Since the scenes of eroticism and flagellation constituting the film's actual basic appeal have all been pared away, little remain to divert the undemanding but some memorably inappropriate dubbing and Belinda Lee's uninhibited resolve to come to grips with Lucrezia's villainy."<ref>NOTTI DI LUCREZIA BORGIA, Le
Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 27, Iss. 312, (Jan 1, 1960): 156. </ref>

The film was released in the USA in 1960. The ''Los Angeles Times'' said "Miss Belinda Lee proves that no really bad girl is Lucretia Borgia - just look out, though, for what she pourgia."<ref>'Fast and Sexy' Very Decorous New Comedy
Stinson, Charles. Los Angeles Times 23 Sep 1960: B9. </ref>

The ''New York Times'' said "Miss Lee, in a [[Veronica Lake]] hairdo, studiously imitates [[Mae West]], but her elementary activities in the field of orgies will disappoint any former serviceman who caught [[Martine Carol]]'s uncensored Lucretia overseas in one of the most popular tourist attractions ever filmed in France."<ref>The Screen: A Realistic Slice of New York Life: ' Weddings and Babies' Bows at New Yorker Viveca Lindfors Stars in Morris Engel Film
By BOSLEY CROWTHER, EUGENE ARCHER. New York Times 6 Oct 1960: 51. </ref>
==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
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==External links==
==External links==
*[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053128/ The Nights of Lucretia Borgia] at [[IMDB]]
*[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053128/ The Nights of Lucretia Borgia] at [[IMDB]]
*[https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b1c1477 The Nights of Lucretia Brogia] at BFI
[[Category:1959 in film]]
[[Category:1959 in film]]
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Revision as of 10:45, 2 August 2020

The Nights of Lucretia Borgia
Directed bySergio Grieco
Written byCarlo Caiano
Sergio Grieco
StarringBelinda Lee
Production
companies
Fidès, Musa
Distributed byEroc (UK)
Release dates
1959 (Italy)
Sept 1960 (USA)
Running time
113 mins (Italy)
92 mins (UK)
CountriesItaly
France
LanguageItalian

The Nights of Lucretia Borgia is a 1959 Italian film. It was also known as Le notti di Lucrezia Borgia and Nights of Temptation.[1]

Plot

Diana d'Alva is part of a family who are leading a conspiracy against the Borgias in medieval Italy. She is rescued from being attacked by Federico, a virtuous nobleman from an impoverished family.

Federico goes to serve Cesare Borgia. Cesare's sister Lucrezia desires Federico but he is in love with Diana. Lucrezia's former lover, Astorre, is jealous of Frederico.

Frederico rescues Diana from the Borgias and kills Atorre in a duel.

Cast

  • Belinda Lee as Lucretia Borgia
  • Jacques Sernas as Frederico
  • Arnoldo Foà as Astorre
  • Michèle Mercier as Diana d'Alva
  • Franco Fabrizi as Cesare Borgia
  • Marco Tulli as Jacopo
  • Lilli Scaringi as Serafina
  • Germano Longo as Ufficiale
  • Nando Tamberlani as Duca d'Alva
  • Raf Baldassarre as Ruggero

Production

It was Belinda Lee's first movie after her contract with Rank ended. Filming ended by February 1959.[2]

Reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin said the film had "sumptuous sets and costumes, an almost unbroken flow of sword and bodour play and the somewhat mechanical athleticism of its Fairbanks hero (Jacques Seras) all fail to lend this period confection the right kind of robust self-assertion. Since the scenes of eroticism and flagellation constituting the film's actual basic appeal have all been pared away, little remain to divert the undemanding but some memorably inappropriate dubbing and Belinda Lee's uninhibited resolve to come to grips with Lucrezia's villainy."[3]

The film was released in the USA in 1960. The Los Angeles Times said "Miss Belinda Lee proves that no really bad girl is Lucretia Borgia - just look out, though, for what she pourgia."[4]

The New York Times said "Miss Lee, in a Veronica Lake hairdo, studiously imitates Mae West, but her elementary activities in the field of orgies will disappoint any former serviceman who caught Martine Carol's uncensored Lucretia overseas in one of the most popular tourist attractions ever filmed in France."[5]

References

  1. ^ Belinda Lee at BFI Screenonline
  2. ^ "Rome". Variety. 11 February 1959. p. 78.
  3. ^ NOTTI DI LUCREZIA BORGIA, Le Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 27, Iss. 312, (Jan 1, 1960): 156.
  4. ^ 'Fast and Sexy' Very Decorous New Comedy Stinson, Charles. Los Angeles Times 23 Sep 1960: B9.
  5. ^ The Screen: A Realistic Slice of New York Life: ' Weddings and Babies' Bows at New Yorker Viveca Lindfors Stars in Morris Engel Film By BOSLEY CROWTHER, EUGENE ARCHER. New York Times 6 Oct 1960: 51.

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