The Knight of the Dragon
1985 film
The Knight of the Dragon (Spanish: El caballero del dragón), a.k.a. Star Knight, is a 1985 Spanish adventure film directed by Fernando Colomo. It stars Miguel Bosé alongside Klaus Kinski, Harvey Keitel and Fernando Rey.
Plot
The people of Roque are terrorised by the arrival of a "dragon" and refuse to pay their taxes to the Count. The Count's enforcer, Klever, dreams of being knighted and marrying the Count's daughter Alba, but the Count and Alba both consider him a fool. The Count's preoccupation is with his health, and he places great trust in his alchemist Boecius, who has cured him of various ailments and is searching for the Elixir of Life. Seeking adventure, Alba sneaks out of the castle and encounters the Green Knight, who swears his allegiance to her and promises to stop further travellers following her across a bridge (a promise he endeavours to keep, ineffectually, for the remainder of the film). While swimming in a lake shortly afterwards, Alba is pulled underwater and vanishes. The Count declares a period of mourning.
Fray Lupo, the Count's spiritual advisor, blames all the ills on Boecius, who he considers a devil-worshipper.
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