Sword-and-Sandal (2019)

overview : 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.

Release Date : Apr 14, 2019

Runtime : 54m

Genre : Documentary  TV Movie  

Companies : ITV Studios France, ARTE GEIE, CNC

Countries : France

Keywords : movie business, bible, bodybuilding, hollywood, peplum, religious film, mccarthyism, cold war propaganda, early television