Henry IV

Deranged after a fall from a horse, a man has lived for twenty years in a castle laboring under the delusion that he is Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV. His psychiatrist concocts an elaborate scheme to shock him out of his medieval reverie.

• Astor PiazzollaOriginal Music Composer
• Marco BellocchioDirector
• Marco BellocchioScreenplay

• Marcello MastroianniHenry IV
• Claudia CardinaleMatilda
• Leopoldo TriestePsichiatra
• Paolo BonacelliBelcredi
• Gianfelice ImparatoDi Nolli
• Claudio SpadaroLolo
• Giuseppe CedernaFino Pagliuca
• Giacomo BertozziGiacomo
• Fabrizio MacciantelliFabrizio
• Luciano BartoliHenry IV (young)
• Latou ChardonsFrida
• Massimo Antonio RossiYoung Belcredi (uncredited)