Goliath and the Barbarians
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_poster.jpg) Film poster by Reynold Brown | |
| Directed by | Carlo Campogalliani |
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| Produced by | Emimmo Salvi |
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| Cinematography | Bitto Albertini |
| Edited by | Franco Fraticelli |
| Music by | Les Baxter |
| Distributed by | American International Pictures (USA) |
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Running time | 100 minutes[1] |
| Country | Italy |
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| Box office | $1.6 million (North America)[2] |
Goliath and the Barbarians (Italian: Il terrore dei barbari, lit. 'Terror of the Barbarians') is a 1959 Italian peplum film loosely based on events of the Lombard invasion of Italy in AD 568. As with many Italian peplums of the time, the English dubbed version renamed some of the characters (for example, "Emiliano" became "Goliath").
Plot
Set in the 6th century, it follows the start of barbarian invasions and deals with one group that attacks a village and destroys anyone and anything that is there. One man, Emiliano, son of the village leader, is away at the time of attack. He swears revenge and wages a one-man war against the evil tribes. He also is helped by the survivors and his sister Lynda. He wears a lion head mask to instill fear into the hearts of the barbarians.
Cast
- Steve Reeves as Emiliano
- Chelo Alonso as Landa
- Bruce Cabot as Alboin
- Giulia Rubini as Lidia
- Arturo Dominici as Svevo
- Livio Lorenzon as Igor
- Andrea Checchi as Delfo
- Carla Calò as Bruno's Mother
- Fabrizio Capucci as Bruno
US Release
AIP announced plans to make a follow-up called
DVD Releases
This film was released on a limited edition DVD by Wild East Productions in 2007 as a double feature with
See also
- list of historical drama films
- Late Antiquity
References
- ISBN 978-88-98623-05-1.
- ^ a b "Rental Potentials of 1960". Variety. 4 January 1961. p. 47. Please note figures are rentals as opposed to total gross.
{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - ^ ISBN 978-0-525-14090-0.
- ISBN 978-0-7864-0137-6.
- ISBN 978-1-59393-750-8.
External links
- Goliath and the Barbarians at IMDb
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