page_title: Fantaghirò 2
section_title: Production and release
hierarchical_section_title: Fantaghirò 2 / Production and release
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context_page_description: Fantaghirò 2 is the second television film in the Fantaghirò series, directed by Lamberto Bava and originally aired in 1992 as a two-parter. 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, daughter of a king without a male heir. Fantaghiro fights for the heart of Prince Romualdo against the wicked Black Witch who opposes their pure relationship and has cast her love spell over the prince.
context_section_description: Director and producer Lamberto Bava made Fantaghirò 2 in Czechoslovakia to limit the costs. It was shot in July 1992 at Bojnice Castle, Bouzov Castle, a park and an artificial castle in Lednice, and in-studio in Bratislava by a mixed Italian and Czechoslovak crew of over 100. The film's special effects were created by Armando Valcauda, known from his work on the horror film Demons and its sequels, and the costumes were designed by Marisa D 'Andrea. The production cost 6 billion Italian lira.
  Kim Rossi Stuart claimed that he enjoyed the role of the evil Romulado, nicknamed "Romul' altro" ("Romul 'other") by the film crew, saying that "naughty second identity" was more fun to play than the "sympathetic cliche" of an honest and fair Romualdo, and especially liking the scenes of him being intimate with Brigitte Nielsen's sultry Black Witch. During the filming of the fight between Romualdo and Fantaghiro, performed with no stunt doubles, his sword actually struck Alessandra Martines in the head, luckily causing no severe injury; Martines went to the hospital while still wearing her costume. Nielsen said her character was to be "more than a witch, but a queen, the type of Grimilde" from Disney's Snow White. Ángela Molina, who has both played both the White Witch and the White Knight in the first Fantaghirò, was replaced by Katarina Kolajova for the second film; Kolajova later married Cataldo's actor Stefano Davanzati whom she met on the set.
  The film premiered on Canale 5, broadcast in two parts. The first part was originally scheluded for 21 December but was aired one day earlier to avoid the competition of the final episode of the sixth season of crime drama La piovra. The move sparked a "chain reaction" of programs being accordingly shuffled on other Italian channels. Fantaghirò 2 was later dubbed into multiple languages for foreign television broadcasts and released on home video (VHS and DVD) in Italy and in several other countries. The film and its prequel and sequel were recut (reduced and intersected with each other) into a 200-minute compilation film titled La meravigliosa storia di Fantaghirò ("The Wonderful Story of Fantaghirò") in 1995.
  Fantaghiro 2 proved to be a commercial success, receiving the audience of 6,601,000 (25.11%) (first part) and 9,160,000 (30,6%) (second part) when first aired in Italy. Polish weekly Tele Tydzień gave it three stars out of five. Italian daily Corriere della Sera hailed the film maker Lamberto Bava, saying he has learnt the lessons of his father and comparing his work to Ridley Scott's Legend, and also applauding Brigitte Nielsen for her "difficult" role as the Black Witch. Nielsen's character was received so well that the popular villainess later returned for three successive chapters of the saga. Critique Film's Erika Musiedlak retrospectively opined it was the last Fantaghirò film worth watching, also praising Nielsen's "flawless" acting as a "marvelously diabolical" antagonist.
caption: Bojnice Castle was the Black Witch's castle in the film
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