30 years of Fantaghirò, 10 curiosities about the famous miniseries with Alessandra Martines

I will fantasize turns 30. The miniserie fantasy with Alessandra Martines e Kim Rossi Stuart was airing, for the first time, on Channel 5 in two parts: the 22 and 23 December 1991. Created by Lamberto Bava, son of the master of horror cinema Mario Bava, the fiction ready to win TV ratings (totaling 27.50% share) catapulted us into a medieval world full of magic in which two kingdoms are at war with each other and a rebellious princess , guided by a benevolent witch, she masquerades as a knight to challenge her father’s enemy king, whom she falls in love with, paid for. The series is inspired by the fairy tale Fanta-Ghirò, nice person contained in the Italian fairy tales collected by Italo Calvino, reworking of a Montalese short story inserted by Gherardo Nerucci in the Sixty Montalese popular short stories, published in 1880.

The love story between the warrior princess, played by former ballet dancer Alessandra Martines, and her rival Romualdo was exported to 48 countries becoming over the years a fixed appointment of the Christmas period. On the music by Amedeo Minghi and with the fantastic creatures of the cult effectist Sergio Ankle boots, I will fantasize it developed into one successful pentalogy.

Waiting for the reboot announced at the beginning of the year, let’s go back to dreaming with the secrets of the iconic 90’s fiction. From the protagonist accidentally hit with the sword by the handsome Kim Rossi Stuart at the castle of I will fantasize which actually exists until sexy Australian model Nicholas “Tarabas” Rogers who was an actor dog.

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