Before Batman, there was THIS masked Italian horseman wrecking tyrants in Technicolor.
A mysterious horseman, called the Dark Knight, sets himself up as a masked vigilante and decides to free the duchet of Valgrado from the grip of a terrible tyrant.
Costume
The Dark Knight's all-black ensemble is pure 1959 Italian fashion excess.
Practical Effects
Real horses, real castle locations, zero CGI cowboys.
Director
Mario Costa
Massimo Serato
Capitano Ugone di Collefeltro
Irène Tunc
Marchesa Fiamma
Luisella Boni
Contessa Isabella
Pierre Cressoy
Astolfo
Livio Lorenzon
Guidobaldo Fortebraccio
Carlo Tamberlani
Conte Oliviero
Aldo Bufi Landi
Duccio
Luciano Marin
Gianetto
Ignazio Balsamo
Zaccheo
Miranda Campa
Governante
Andrea Fantasia
Franco Fantasia
Ufficiale
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This film arrived at the tail end of the Italian peplum craze, when every studio was desperate to clone the success of 'Hercules' with whatever historical figure they could slap a sword on.
Director Mario Costa specialized in exactly this—he made over a dozen swashbucklers in the 1950s-60s, basically becoming the guy Italy called when they needed horses and betrayal before lunchtime.
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