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''Fantaghirò 2'' (also known as ''The Cave of the Golden Rose 2'') is the second television film in the ''Fantaghirò'' series, directed by Lamberto Bava and originally aired in 1992 as a two-parter (and so is known in certain releases as ''Fantaghirò 3'' and ''Fantaghirò 4''). Most of the principal cast of the previous film returned for this installment. The story of ''Fantaghiro 2'' tells the continuing adventures of the titular princess (Alessandra Martines), daughter of a king without a male heir (Mario Adorf).Fantaghiro fights for the heart of Prince Romualdo (Kim Rossi Stuart) against the wicked Black Witch (Brigitte Nielsen) who opposes their pure relationship and has cast her love spell over the prince. == Plot == Following the events of the first film, Princess Fantaghirò and Prince Romualdo are due to be married. But the Black Witch, an evil ruler of the Dark Kingdom, is disgusted by their love and wishes to destroy it, and to this end she kidnaps Fantaghirò's father. The couple decide to hold off their wedding, and Romualdo leads their army to save Fantaghirò's father. On the journey to the Dark Kingdom, Romualdo and his men encounter Forest Elves and their Queen, who force them to submit to a series of tests to prove that their intentions are pure. Romualdo passes and the army continue on their way. They eventually reach the borders to the Dark Kingdom where they make camp for the night before attacking the castle. As they are resting, the Black Witch, magically disguised to look like Fantaghirò, arrives and seduces Romualdo to kiss her. He faints and the witch takes him to her castle where she makes him her lover. Elsewhere, the real Fantaghirò has decided to secretly go to the Dark Kingdom on her own. She cuts off her hair and travels with her horse Golden Mane. Along the way, she encounters bandits led by the Lemon Gobbler, but she manages to escape. She soon arrives at Romualdo's camp, which has been left abandoned. Unknown to Fantaghirò, the Black Witch's magic has erased Fantaghirò from Romualdo's mind and caused him to desperately fall in love with the witch herself. Fantaghirò enters the Dark Castle and learns that Romualdo's men have all been thrown in the dungeon. She negotiates with the Dark King to have a single duel between Fantaghirò and the Dark Kingdom's champion to decide the victor, with the losing kingdom submitting to the other. The Dark King agrees but, Fantaghirò is horrified to discover that she has to fight her beloved, who does not recognise her. While the duel is going on, the Black Witch's minions Bolt and Lightning rebel against their mistress. Bolt poisons the witch, and when she falls asleep, they release Romualdo's men from the dungeon. Cataldo and Ivaldo subdue Romualdo, stopping him from killing Fantaghirò. Everyone quickly flees from the castle, taking the Dark King with them as hostage. Everyone manages to escape the Dark Kingdom except Romualdo, who runs back into the Black Witch's arms, and Fantaghirò, who goes after Romualdo. Fantaghirò and the witch then face-off, with Fantaghirò emerging victorious in a battle of wits and destroying her rival. The Dark King is unmasked as being Fantaghirò's father, subdued by the witch by the use of her hypnotic powers, and now that the spell that had been placed on him is broken, the group return to their kingdom. However, Romualdo's memories have not returned to him. Fantaghirò, with the help of the White Witch, recreates the events of the previous film where they crossed paths for the first time. Romualdo starts to regain his memories but in doing so, it is revealed that a residue remnant of the Black Witch has been hiding in his mind, and the witch reappears to transforms Fantaghirò into a lowly creature off-screen. The White Witch comes to their rescue by shooting Lighting transformed into an arrow to finish-off the Black Witch. Romualdo then guesses correctly that Fantaghirò has been turned into an ugly toad, and upon kissing her, the two are reunited again. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fantaghirò 2」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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