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Sword-and-Sandal

Sword-and-Sandal (2019)

April. 14,2019

| Documentary TV Movie

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.

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Cast

Julien Bocher as Self - Narrator (voice)

Hervé Lacroix as Self - Narrator (voice)

David Franzoni as Self - Screenwriter

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Reviews

Ehirerapp

2019/04/14

Waste of time

Ensofter

2019/04/15

Overrated and overhyped

Catangro

2019/04/16

After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

Kaydan Christian

2019/04/17

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.