Hearts and Armour

{{Infobox film

| name = Hearts and Armour

| image = Hearts-and-armour-movie-poster-1983-1020553935.jpg

| caption = French theatrical poster

| director = Giacomo Battiato

| writer = Giacomo Battiato

| based_on = {{based on|Orlando Furioso|Ludovico Ariosto}}

| starring =

| music = David A. Hughes
Martin Cooper

| cinematography = Dante Spinotti

| editing = Ruggero Mastroianni

| producer = Nicola Carraro

| studio = Vides Cinematografica

| distributor = Warner Bros. (U.S.)

| released = {{Film date|1983|09|21|Italy}}

| runtime = 98 minutes

| country = Italy

| language = English
Italian

| budget =

}}

Hearts and Armour ({{langx|it|I Paladini: Storia d'armi e d'amori}}) is a 1983 Italian adventure film directed by Giacomo Battiato. It is loosely based on the stories of the Paladins especially the epic poem Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto.{{cite book|author1=Donald Beecher |author2=Massimo Ciavolella |author3=Roberto Fedi |title=Ariosto Today: Contemporary Perspectives|date=January 2003 |publisher=University of Toronto Press, 2003|isbn=0802029671}}

The film was generally panned by critics, but appreciated on its visual side.{{cite news|title=I Paladini di Battiato combattono in splendenti armature senz'anima|newspaper=La Stampa|date=Nov 25, 1983|page=21}} The Sydney Morning Herald wrote "The settings are sensational, the costumes are magnificent. The story, on the other hand, is almost non-existent".{{cite news|last=Eisenhuth|first=Susie|author-link=Susie Eisenhuth|title=Medieval romp silly, but a visual wow|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LDFWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qeYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6497,4838197&dq=hearts-and-armour&hl=en|access-date=4 July 2012|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=Nov 27, 1983}} Starburst said it's "the best film to come out of Italy in a long while."{{cite magazine |last1=Jones |first1=Alan |title=Starburst Review Section - Hearts of Armour [sic] |journal=Starburst |date=June 1984 |volume=6 |issue=71 |page=41 |url=https://archive.org/details/Starburst_Magazine_071_1984-06_Marvel-UK/page/n39/mode/2up?view=theater |publisher=Marvel UK}} Hearts and Armour won the David di Donatello for Best Costumes.{{cite book|last=Enrico Lancia|title=I premi del cinema|year=1998|publisher=Gremese Editore, 1998|isbn=88-7742-221-1}} A much longer version of the film was broadcast as a mini-series on Italian television.