''Invasion 1700'' (, , also known as ''With Fire and Sword'' and ''Daggers of Blood'') is a 1962 Italian-French historical

epic film Epic films have large scale, sweeping scope, and spectacle. The term is slightly ambiguous, sometimes designating a film genre and at other times simply big-budget films. Like epics in the classical literary sense, it is often focused on a her ...

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Fernando Cerchio Fernando Cerchio (7 August 1914 – 19 August 1974) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 30 films between 1940 and 1972. Selected filmography * ''Men of the Mountain'' (1943) * ''Mistress of the Mountains'' ...

. It is based on the 1884 Polish historical novel '' With Fire and Sword'' written by

Henryk Sienkiewicz Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz ( , ; 5 May 1846 – 15 November 1916), also known by the pseudonym Litwos (), was a Polish epic writer. He is remembered for his historical novels, such as The Trilogy, the Trilogy series and especially ...

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Jeanne Crain Jeanne Elizabeth Crain (May 25, 1925 – December 14, 2003) was an American actress. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her title role in ''Pinky (film), Pinky'' (1949). She also starred in the films ''In the Meantime, Da ...

as Helena Kurcewiczówna *

Pierre Brice Pierre-Louis Le Bris (6 February 1929 – 6 June 2015), known as Pierre Brice, was a French actor, best known as portraying fictional Apache chief Winnetou in German films based on Karl May novels. Life and films Brice was born in Brest, ...

as Jan Skrzetuski * Elena Zareschi as Princess Kurcewicz * John Drew Barrymore as Bohun * Gordon Mitchell as Ulrich * Akim Tamiroff as Jan Onufry Zagłoba * Raoul Grassilli as Wasyl Kurcewicz *Bruno Nessi as Longinus Podbipięta * Eleonora Vargas as Horpyna * Nerio Bernardi as prince Jeremi Wiśniowiecki * Nando Angelini as Symeon Kurcewicz *Alberto Stefanini as Andrzej Kurcewicz * Milena Vukotic

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