--- title: 'Roland the Mighty (1956)' type: 'film' director: 'Pietro Francisci' released: '1956-01-01' runtime_minutes: 110 genres: - 'Adventure' countries: - 'Italy' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/roland-the-mighty-1956' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049584/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Roland the Mighty (1956) 1956 · 110 min · Adventure · Italy Original title: Orlando e i Paladini di Francia ## Synopsis Roland the Mighty is a 1956 Italian film directed by Pietro Francisci. about the Battle of Roncevaux Pass in AD 778, where Roland, a knight in the service of Charlemagne was killed while defending the rear-guard of the Frankish army as it retreated across the Pyrenees. ## Credits - **Director:** [Pietro Francisci](https://cinepixo.com/people/pietro-francisci) - **Screenplay:** [Ennio de Concini](https://cinepixo.com/people/ennio-de-concini) - **Director of Photography:** [Mario Bava](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-bava) ## Cast - [Rossella Como](https://cinepixo.com/people/rossella-como) as Dolores - [Nando Cicero](https://cinepixo.com/people/nando-cicero) - [Germano Longo](https://cinepixo.com/people/germano-longo) - [Gian Paolo Rosmino](https://cinepixo.com/people/gian-paolo-rosmino) - [Ivo Garrani](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivo-garrani) as Charlemagne - [Vittorio Sanipoli](https://cinepixo.com/people/vittorio-sanipoli) as Ganelon - [Furio Meniconi](https://cinepixo.com/people/furio-meniconi) - [Cesare Fantoni](https://cinepixo.com/people/cesare-fantoni) as Agramante - [Rik Battaglia](https://cinepixo.com/people/rik-battaglia) as Roland - [Ugo Sasso](https://cinepixo.com/people/ugo-sasso) - [Clelia Matania](https://cinepixo.com/people/clelia-matania) as Mary - [Robert Hundar](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-hundar) as Balicante - [Lorella De Luca](https://cinepixo.com/people/lorella-de-luca) as Aude - [Mimmo Palmara](https://cinepixo.com/people/mimmo-palmara) as Argalie - [Fabrizio Mioni](https://cinepixo.com/people/fabrizio-mioni) as Renaud ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/roland-the-mighty-1956 Film facts: Wikidata (Q7360513); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.