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Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic poster

Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic(2019)

April 14, 201954m

Documentary History TV Movie

70%User score 70 percent

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9 votes

Overview

The history of the peplum genre, known as sword-and-sandal cinema, set in Antiquity, from the silent film era to the present day.

Director: Jérôme Korkikian
Writers: Jérôme Korkikian

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Julien Bocher
Self - Narrator (voice)
Hervé Lacroix
Self - Narrator (voice)
Damien Boisseau
Self - Narrator (voice)
David Franzoni
Self - Screenwriter

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Lou Ferrigno

Self - Actor

John Milius

Self - Filmmaker

Oliver Stone

Self - Filmmaker

Michael Douglas

Self - Actor (archive footage)

Russell Crowe

Self - Actor (archive footage)

Ridley Scott

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Charlton Heston

Self - Actor (archive footage)

Cecil B. DeMille

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Henri Chrétien

Self - Inventor (archive footage)

William Wyler

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Steve Reeves

Self - Actor (archive footage)

Elizabeth Taylor

Self - Actress (archive footage)

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Self - Actor (archive footage)

Douglas Wick

Self - Film Producer

Laurent Aknin

Self - Historian

Pierre Baron

Self - Historian

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Status: Released
Original title: Gladiateur, glaive et fantasmes
Original language: English
Production: ITV Studios France, ARTE GEIE, CNC

Keywords

movie business
bible
hollywood
historical fiction
social status
racial stereotype
stereotype
peplum
mccarthyism
cinema history
cold war propaganda
early television
social & cultural documentary
italian cinema
western stereotypes