Backdrop

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.

2019 |0h 54m |  Documentary, TV Movie

Cast

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Julien Bocher

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Hervé Lacroix

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Lou Ferrigno

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Charlton Heston

Self (archive footage)

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Henri Chrétien

Self (archive footage)

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Steve Reeves

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Elizabeth Taylor

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Michael Douglas

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Russell Crowe

Self (archive footage)

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Arnold Schwarzenegger

Self (archive footage)

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Status

Released

Language

English, French, Italian

Budget

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