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

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

7.0

0h 54m

2019

Synopsis

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

DocumentaryHistoryTV Movie

movie businessbiblehollywoodhistorical fictionsocial statusracial stereotypestereotypepeplummccarthyismcinema historycold war propagandaearly television

Cast & Crew

Julien Bocher

Julien Bocher

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Hervé Lacroix

Hervé Lacroix

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Damien Boisseau

Damien Boisseau

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Douglas Wick

Douglas Wick

as Self - Film Producer

David Franzoni

David Franzoni

as Self - Screenwriter

Laurent Aknin

as Self - Historian

Pierre Baron

as Self - Historian

Claude Aziza

as Self - Historian

Floren Fourcart

as Self - Historian

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