AN ADVENTURE OF SALVATOR ROSA is an early Italian swashbuckler in the same mould as the Zorro films as well as Robin Hood, the Scarlet Pimpernel, and all of those classic characters. As these kinds of film go it's not all bad, but it is a story which has dated badly since first release. The acting feels very mannered and artificial and the attempts at comedy don't really work very well for a modern viewer.
Salvator Rosa was a real life figure whose character was transferred to the screen for this action drama. He plays a masked avenger called 'The Ant' who works his way through the upper classes to seek revenge for the poor. There's not a great deal of action or indeed depth and the characters are drawn in the broadest strokes with clear-cut allies and villains. I do like the swashbuckling genre but this is one of the weaker efforts I've seen.
Salvator Rosa was a real life figure whose character was transferred to the screen for this action drama. He plays a masked avenger called 'The Ant' who works his way through the upper classes to seek revenge for the poor. There's not a great deal of action or indeed depth and the characters are drawn in the broadest strokes with clear-cut allies and villains. I do like the swashbuckling genre but this is one of the weaker efforts I've seen.