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Son Of Samson
''Son of Samson'' ( it, Maciste nella Valle dei Re/ ''Maciste in the Valley of the Kings'', also known as ''Maciste the Mighty'') is a 1960 Italian peplum film directed by Carlo Campogalliani and starring Mark Forest. The film was distributed to English-speaking countries as ''Son of Samson'', although in the original film, Maciste had no relation to Samson whatsoever.Michele Giordano. ''Giganti buoni''. Gremese Editore, 1998. . Plot During the Persian rule over Egypt (circa 525-480 B.C.), the young prince Kenamon is used to wandering about and mixing with the poor people. Once, he finds himself in a life-threatening situation and is saved by a strong man, Maciste. On another occasion, he sees a beautiful girl, Nofret, and falls in love with her. He talks with his father the Pharaoh Amirteo I, about being much impressed with the hunger and miserable living conditions of the people. His father decides to raise an army against the Persians, but his beautiful but cunning wife Smede ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlo Campogalliani
Carlo Campogalliani (10 October 1885 – 10 August 1974) was an Italian screenwriter, actor and film director. Campogalliani directed around eighty films during his career and acted in another fifty. He directed the 1934 sports film '' Stadio''.Reich & Garofalo p.170 He was married to the actress Letizia Quaranta who appeared in several of his films. Selected directorial filmography * ''The Woman at Midnight'' (1925) * '' I Lost My Heart on a Bus'' (1929) * ''Courtyard'' (1931) * ''The Devil's Lantern'' (1931) * '' The Doctor in Spite of Himself'' (1931) * ''Stadium'' (1934) * '' The Four Musketeers'' (1936) * ''The Night of Tricks'' (1939) * ''The Cavalier from Kruja'' (1940) * ''The Hero of Venice'' (1941) * ''Forbidden Music'' (1942) * ''The Innocent Casimiro'' (1945) * ''The Devil's Gondola'' (1946) * '' Hand of Death'' (1949) * '' The Beggar's Daughter'' (1950) * ''Beauties on Bicycles'' (1951) * ''Beauties on Motor Scooters'' (1952) * ''Orphan of the Ghetto'' (1954) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zvonimir Rogoz
Zvonimir Rogoz (10 October 1887 – 6 February 1988) was a Croatian actor who played in German, Croatian, Slovenian, Czech and Slovakian, on stage and in cinema, during a career long 81 years. A native of Zagreb, Rogoz started his actor's career in Vienna in Wiener Theater. From 1919 to 1929 he was actor and director in Ljubljana. Rogoz became famous in Czechoslovakia as a guest in title roles when Ljubljana theater in 1927 played in Prague Shakespeare's ''Hamlet'' and Dostoevsky's ''Idiot''. Rogoz remained in engagement in National Theatre in Prague from 1929 till 1949. In the prewar period he appeared in many Czechoslovak films of the 1930s, including the 1933 erotic drama '' Ecstasy'', featuring young Hedy Lamarr. He then returned to Zagreb, playing in theater, cinema and television till his death. Younger generations of Croatia remember him even more for his private life: he fathered a child at the age of 92. This and other events became the subject of his autobiograp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sword And Sandal Films
A sword is an edged, bladed weapon intended for manual cutting or thrusting. Its blade, longer than a knife or dagger, is attached to a hilt and can be straight or curved. A thrusting sword tends to have a straighter blade with a pointed tip. A slashing sword is more likely to be curved and to have a sharpened cutting edge on one or both sides of the blade. Many swords are designed for both thrusting and slashing. The precise definition of a sword varies by historical epoch and geographic region. Historically, the sword developed in the Bronze Age, evolving from the dagger; the earliest specimens date to about 1600 BC. The later Iron Age sword remained fairly short and without a crossguard. The spatha, as it developed in the Late Roman army, became the predecessor of the European sword of the Middle Ages, at first adopted as the Migration Period sword, and only in the High Middle Ages, developed into the classical arming sword with crossguard. The word ''sword'' continues ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Set In Ancient Egypt
This article lists films set in ancient Egypt. This also includes mythological films and films only partially set in ancient egypt. 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s External links Films set in ancient Egypt (IMDb) See also * Fiction set in ancient Rome * Fiction set in ancient Greece * Lists of historical films * List of films set in ancient Rome * List of films set in ancient Greece * List of films based on classical mythology This is a list of films based on classical mythology (Greek and Roman mythology). Amazons Atlantis Centaurs Hercules / Heracles Italian film series The Sword-and-sandal series (1957-1965) includes numerous films depicting Hercules tha ... {{inc-video, date=October 2021 Egypt, ancient Films by period of setting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maciste Films
Maciste () is one of the oldest recurring characters of cinema, created by Gabriele d'Annunzio and Giovanni Pastrone. He is featured throughout the history of the cinema of Italy from the 1910s to the mid-1960s. He is usually depicted as a Hercules-like figure, utilizing his massive strength to achieve heroic feats that ordinary men cannot. Many of the 1960s Italian movies featuring Maciste were retitled in other countries, substituting more popular names in the titles (such as Hercules, Goliath or Samson). Name There are a number of references to the name in literature. The name of Maciste appears in a sentence in Strabo's ''Geography'' (Book 8, Chapter 3, Section 21), in which he writes: – "And in the middle is the temple of the Macistian Heracles, and the river Acidon." The epithet Μακίστιος (Makistios, Latinized as ''Macistius'') is generally understood to be an adjective referring to a town called Μάκιστος (Makistos) in the province of Triphylia in Elis. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Carlo Campogalliani
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peplum Films
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Peplum originates in the Greek word for 'tunic' and may refer to one of the following: * Sword-and-sandal films, a genre of Greco-Roman era costume adventure films, mostly made in Italy, also known as "peplum". * ''Péplum'' (novel), a 1996 work by Belgian novelist Amélie Nothomb. *Peplos, a kind of women's garment in ancient Greece. *An overskirt An overskirt is a type of women's short skirt which is draped over another garment, such as a skirt, breeches, or trousers. Although peplum is often used as another term for overskirt, it should not be confused with the ''peplos'' or "peplum dress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1960 Adventure Films
Year 196 ( CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 196 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus attempts to assassinate Clodius Albinus but fails, causing Albinus to retaliate militarily. * Emperor Septimius Severus captures and sacks Byzantium; the city is rebuilt and regains its previous prosperity. * In order to assure the support of the Roman legion in Germany on his march to Rome, Clodius Albinus is declared Augustus by his army while crossing Gaul. * Hadrian's wall in Britain is partially destroyed. China * First year of the '' Jian'an era of the Chinese Han Dynasty. * Emperor Xian of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ignazio Dolce
Ignazio Dolce (born 26 March 1933) is an Italian director and actor. Life and career Born in Palermo, Sicily, Dolce graduated at Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, and starting from the late 1950s he began a career as a character actor. Almost simultaneously he started a parallel career as a second unit director, often collaborating with Gianfranco Parolini and Antonio Margheriti. He debuted as a director in 1975 with the black comedy ''L'ammazzatina'', and in the late 1980s he specialized in low-budget war films, being usually credited as Paul D. Robinson. Partial filmography * ''Tough Guys (1960 film), Tough Guys'' (1960) * ''The Best of Enemies (1961 film), The Best of Enemies'' (1961) * ''Last Platoon'' (1988) References External links * 1933 births 20th-century Italian people Italian film directors Italian male film actors Male actors from Palermo Living people Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia alumni Film people from Palermo {{italy-film-bio- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlo Tamberlani
Carlo Tamberlani (11 March 1899 – 5 August 1980) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 127 films between 1931 and 1976. He was born in Salice Salentino, Italy and died in Subiaco, Italy. His brother Nando Tamberlani was also an actor. Life and career Born in Salice Salentino, Tamberlani was born in a family of actors and made his debut in his father's stage company. After working with some of the major companies of the time he founded his own company with the actress Bella Starace Sainati and later served as vice-director of the Ermete Zacconi's stage company. Between 1936 and 1939 he worked as acting teacher at the Accademia di Arte Drammatica. Selected filmography * ''The Devil's Lantern'' (1931) * ''Loyalty of Love'' (1934) - Luigi Parravicini * ''Red Passport'' (1935) - L'ufficiale comandante le truppe * '' Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal'' (1937) - Ambasciatore Romano * ''Condottieri'' (1937) - Il duca d'Urbino * ''The Count of Brechard'' (1938) - Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oreste Biancoli
Oreste Biancoli (20 February 1897 – 25 November 1971) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He wrote for more than 90 films between 1930 and 1986. He also directed nine films between 1938 and 1952. He was born in Bologna, Italy and died in Rome, Italy. Selected filmography * '' The Private Secretary'' (1931) * '' One Night with You'' (1932) * '' The Last Adventure'' (1932) * '' La segretaria per tutti'' (1933) * '' The Girl with the Bruise'' (1933) * '' Model Wanted'' (1933) * '' Paprika'' (1933) * ''Just Married'' (1934) * ''Cardinal Lambertini'' (1934) * '' Cavalry'' (1936) * '' Tonight at Eleven'' (1938) * ''At Your Orders, Madame'' (1939) * '' A Thousand Lire a Month'' (1939) * '' The Castle Ball'' (1939) * ''Giarabub'' (1942) * ''The Bandit'' (1946) * ''Fatal Symphony'' (1947) * ''The Great Dawn'' (1947) * ''Heart'' (1948) * ''Christmas at Camp 119'' (1948) * '' The Flame That Will Not Die'' (1949) * '' Tomorrow Is Another Day'' (1951) * '' Black Feathers'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federica Ranchi
Federica Ranchi (born 5 May 1939) is an Italian former film actress. Life and career Born in Trieste, while a student at liceo linguistico was noted by a Cines employee through a picture of her ballet company, and subsequently won an audition for the Leonardo De Mitri's comedy-drama ''Wives and Obscurities''. Typically cast in roles of sensitive and fragile women, following several roles with auteurs such as Valerio Zurlini and Gillo Pontecorvo and in some genre films, in 1963 Ranchi married a Greek shipowner and eventually retired from showbusiness, even refusing a five-year contract with Dino De Laurentiis. She is the grandmother of actress and fitness model Flavia Sgoifo. Selected filmography *''Wives and Obscurities'' (1956) * '' The Wide Blue Road'' (1957) *''Devil's Cavaliers'' (1959) *''Estate Violenta'' (1959) *'' Son of Samson'' (1960) *''Goliath and the Dragon ''Goliath and the Dragon'' ( it, La vendetta di Ercole, lit=Revenge of Hercules) is a 1960 internat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
