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This poster for Goliath and the Barbarians (1959) by Carlo Campogalliani illustrates many people's expectations from films of this genre.. Sword-and-sandal, also known as peplum (pl.: pepla), is a subgenre of largely Italian-made historical, mythological, or biblical epics mostly set in the Greco-Roman antiquity or the Middle Ages.
The Sword and the cross (Italian: Le schiave di Cartagine) is a 1956 sword and sandal film directed by Guido Brignone starring Gianna Maria Canale, Jorge Mistral, Marisa Allasio and Ana Luisa Peluffo. The film, a coproduction between Italy, Spain, and Mexico, was and shot in widescreen (Cinetotalscope) in Italian in Cinecittà, Rome.
She (1984 film) Sheba and the Gladiator; Siege of Syracuse (film) Sinbad of the Seven Seas; Sins of Rome; The Slave (1962 film) Slave of Rome; Slave Women of Corinth; Sodom and Gomorrah (1962 film) Son of Samson; The Sons of Hercules; Sword of the Empire; Spartacus and the Ten Gladiators; The Sword and the Cross; The Sword of the Barbarians
The Sword-and-sandal series (1957-1965) includes numerous films depicting Hercules that go by various titles depending by country of release. Below is a list (chronological order) that begins with the film's U.S.-release title, followed by the original Italian title and translation: [i]
My Son, the Hero (Italian title: Arrivano i titani - The Coming of the Titans; alternative UK title: Sons of Thunder) is a 1962 mythological sword-and-sandal comedy film directed by Duccio Tessari and starring Giuliano Gemma, Jacqueline Sassard, Pedro Armendáriz, Antonella Lualdi and Serge Nubret.
Spartacus and the Ten Gladiators (Italian: Gli invincibili dieci gladiatori) is a 1964 international co-production sword-and-sandal film directed by Nick Nostro and co-written by Nostro, Alfonso Balcázar and Sergio Sollima.
sword-and-sandal [11] [11] Hercules and the Tyrants of Babylon: Ercole contro i tiranni di Babilonia: Domenico Paolella: Sword and Sandal: Hercules the Invincible: Ercole l'invincibile: Alvaro Mancori, Lewis Mann: sword-and-sandal: High Infidelity: Alta infedeltà: Mario Monicelli, Elio Petri, Franco Rossi, Luciano Salce: comedy: The Hyena of ...
The Magnificent Gladiator (Italian: Il magnifico gladiatore) is a 1964 Italian sword-and-sandal film written and directed by Alfonso Brescia. Plot