Ettore Fieramosca (1938)

the sovereign of the castle of morreale, left alone, falls in love with a mercenary, brave and valiant knight, fieramosca, who fought victoriously hidden under the armor of graiano d'asti. the woman elects her husband graian, who deceives her by already agreeing for the domain of the feud with the troops sent by the king of france. the invaders massacre peasants, subjects and men of arms of the fief and it is then that fieramosca rises, also in love with the fair castle, resentful against the foreigners who are masters in the lands of his beloved. fieramosca defies thirteen french knights against thirteen italian knights on the barletta camp to redeem the offense against the scorn pronounced by the commander of the french troops on the value and loyalty of the italian people. in the ensuing battle, the italians defeated the french without killing any man, except the traitor graiano, whose death will serve to bring peace to the country and bring fieramosca and his beloved together in marriage.