The Maidens' Conspiracy (2006)
Original title: Tirant lo Blanc
The Maidens' Conspiracy is a 2006 Catalan-language adventure movie directed by Vicente Aranda, with a running time of 2h 8m. It stars Caspar Zafer, Esther Nubiola and Leonor Watling.
Constantinople, 1401. The emperor of Byzantium asks the famous knight Tirant lo Blanc to free the city from the siege of the Turks. After his victory, Tirant will have to face a more difficult task: to overcome the natural opposition of Carmesina, heiress to the Ottoman Empire, to surrender her most precious treasure.
Cast
- Caspar Zafer as Tirant
- Esther Nubiola as Carmesina
- Leonor Watling as Pleasure-of-my-life
- Ingrid Rubio as Stephania
- Jane Asher as Empress
- Charlie Cox as Diaphebus
- Sid Mitchell as Hippolytus
- Rafael Amargo as Grand Turk
- Jay Benedict as Turkish Ambassador
- Victoria Abril as The Peaceful Widow
- Giancarlo Giannini as The Emperor
- Rebecca Cobos as Eliseo