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Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic
Film / 2019

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

Directed by Jérôme Korkikian
DocumentaryHistoryTV movie

★ 7.0/10Audience rating

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

The story

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

Cast

Julien BocherSelf - Narrator (voice) Hervé LacroixSelf - Narrator (voice) Damien BoisseauSelf - Narrator (voice) Douglas WickSelf - Film Producer David FranzoniSelf - Screenwriter Laurent AkninSelf - Historian Pierre BaronSelf - Historian Claude AzizaSelf - Historian Floren FourcartSelf - Historian Lou FerrignoSelf - Actor John MiliusSelf - Filmmaker Oliver StoneSelf - Filmmaker
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Michael DouglasSelf - Actor (archive footage) Russell CroweSelf - Actor (archive footage) Ridley ScottSelf - Filmmaker (archive footage) Charlton HestonSelf - Actor (archive footage) Cecil B. DeMilleSelf - Filmmaker (archive footage) Henri ChrétienSelf - Inventor (archive footage) William WylerSelf - Filmmaker (archive footage) Steve ReevesSelf - Actor (archive footage) Elizabeth TaylorSelf - Actress (archive footage) Arnold SchwarzeneggerSelf - Actor (archive footage)

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