The 1982 film Lagazalian: Runes of Mammon is a sword-and-sorcery film directed by Geraldo Sciattico and written by Carl Melvin, starring a bevy of C-listers known for bit parts in various sword-and-sorcery fantasy movies throughout the 1970s and 1980s.
Starring Anna Andarias and Craig Gilforth (pseudonym, no known actor with this name), the movie also starred Olga Schoberová, Anna Kanakis, Milena Natarova, and Kevin Schiff. Parts of the movie were filmed on location in Bulgaria, but the majority of the movie was reportedly shot in Italy using leftover TV pilot sets.
The movie was first released straight to video in 1982, but was picked up for a small theatrical run in 1983. Legal issues relating to a financing disagreement between the producers led to the film being pulled from distribution in the 1990s and all remaining prints destroyed. Except for incomplete VHS bootlegs, the movie is considered lost by many.
Lagazalian: Runes of Mammon (1982) Plot Summary
In a small village in a Nordic-inspired countryside, an old and crafty cleric named Lagazalian is wandering with his “sidekick”, a tough guy named Darro. They perform tricks and minor healings for villages, barely scrounging out an existence. They happen across a couple of women (one of which is an older, silent woman and the other of which is her young nurse) and save them from being robbed by bandits. They begin traveling together. Eventually, they hear news that an omen has been seen in the sky, a great light that is growing brighter every night. They venture on a journey to prevent a cataclysmic apocalypse.
Interests include:: coffee, jackhammers, grandma’s medicine cabinet and sympathetic yawning.