Cave of the Golden Rose. - LOVE against Evil power. Courage, Strength, Hope, Magic, Revenge, Love, Hates, Kindness, Cruel, Anger... all you can have it at 'The Cave of the Golden Rose'. Such an adorable, thrilling, romantic and sad serial. The heroes of the film on screen come from Italian folk tale 'Fantaghiro, the beautiful Princess'. It is a story about in very ancient times when people lived completely in a different way but loved as in our time and fought against evil. The film consist of 5 parts filmed in Italy,the Czech Republic and Thailand,and is shot by Italian film director Lamberto Bava. He assembled ensemble of actors from different countries. The role of the Dark Witch is played by American actress Brigitte Nielsen,with Danish background - one of the blond beauties of Hollywood. In the role of Fantaghiro's father, the King, we can see Mario Adorfo,a very famous Italian comedian with German background. The mother of Tarabas, Witch Xelessia is played by Swede actress Ursula Andress, a symbol of beauty in the 60's. Also names like Horst Buchholz (Darken), is possible to find in every cinema-encyclopaedia. Maybe you have heard of very famous American thriller from the 60's 'Seven Fearless'. Right here, young Horst has played one of his greatest roles. The rest of the cast,although not very famous but the more popular ones,includes Alessandra Martines,as the brave warrior princess,Fantaghiro, Kim Rossi Stuart,as the handsome prince Romualdo and Nicholas Rogers,as Tarabas,the prince of darkness...but he doesn't look like prince of darkness right?!!. Carefull!! dont stare at his eyes...you might get a crush on him forever.