Sword-and-Sandal

Sword-and-Sandal

54 mins | Documentary, TV Movie | April 14, 2019

The silent cinema had already created colossal movies based on ancient civilizations, but it is in the 1950s when peplums reach their apogee in Hollywood. Then, peplums take root at Cinecittà studios, in Rome, where cheap cinema is produced with bodybuilders as heroes. The genre decays in the late 1960s, but rises again decades later, when a modern classic is released in 2000.

Sword-and-Sandal

54 mins | Documentary, TV Movie | April 14, 2019

Sword-and-Sandal
The silent cinema had already created colossal movies based on ancient civilizations, but it is in the 1950s when peplums reach their apogee in Hollywood. Then, peplums take root at Cinecittà studios, in Rome, where cheap cinema is produced with bodybuilders as heroes. The genre decays in the late 1960s, but rises again decades later, when a modern classic is released in 2000.
Producers
Original title Gladiateur, glaive et fantasmes
Directors Jérôme Korkikian
Writers Jérôme Korkikian

Cast

Julien Bocher

as Himself - Narrator (voice)

Hervé Lacroix

as Himself - Narrator (voice)

Romain Debord

as Himself - Narrator (voice)

Douglas Wick

as Himself - Producer

David Franzoni

as Himself - Screenwriter

Laurent Aknin

as Himself - Historian

Pierre Baron

as Himself - Historian

Claude Aziza

as Himself - Historian

Floren Fourcart

as Himself - Historian

Lou Ferrigno

as Himself - Actor

John Milius

as Himself - Director

Oliver Stone

as Himself - Director

Michael Douglas

as Himself (archive footage)

Russell Crowe

as Himself (archive footage)

Ridley Scott

as Himself (archive footage)

Charlton Heston

as Himself (archive footage)

Cecil B. DeMille

as Himself (archive footage)

Henri Chrétien

as Himself (archive footage)

William Wyler

as Himself (archive footage)

Steve Reeves

as Himself (archive footage)

Arnold Schwarzenegger

as Himself (archive footage)

Elizabeth Taylor

as Herself (archive footage)