Sword-and-sandal, also known as peplum, is a subgenre of largely Italian-made historical, mythological, or biblical epics mostly set in the Greco-Roman antiquity or the Middle Ages. These films attempted to emulate the big-budget Hollywood historical epics of the time, such as Samson and Delilah (1949), Quo Vadis (1951), The Robe (1953), The Ten Commandments (1956), Ben-Hur (1959), Spartacus (1960), and Cleopatra (1963). These films dominated the Italian film industry from 1958 to 1965, eventually being replaced in 1965 by spaghetti Western and Eurospy films.
Umberto Lenzi was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and novelist.
Rosalba Neri is a retired Italian actress.
Massimo Serato, born Giuseppe Segato, was an Italian film actor with a career spanning over 40 years.
Eurospy film, or Spaghetti spy film, is a genre of spy films produced in Europe, especially in Italy, France, and Spain, that either sincerely imitated or else parodied the British James Bond spy series feature films. The first wave of Eurospy films was released in 1964, two years after the first James Bond film, Dr. No, and in the same year as the premiere of what many consider to be the apotheosis of the Bond series, Goldfinger. For the most part, the Eurospy craze lasted until around 1967 or 1968. In Italy, where most of these films were produced, this trend replaced the declining sword and sandal genre.
Without a Flag is a 1951 Italian drama film directed by Lionello De Felice and starring Massimo Serato, Paolo Stoppa and Walter Rilla.
La figlia del diavolo or La fille du diable is a 1952 French-Italian historical drama film directed by Primo Zeglio and starring Massimo Serato, Paola Barbara, and Marina Vlady.
From Hell to Victory is a 1979 Euro War film directed by Umberto Lenzi and produced by Edmondo Amati. The international cast stars George Peppard, George Hamilton, Horst Buchholz, Anny Duperey, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Ray Lovelock, Sam Wanamaker, and Capucine. The screenplay by frequent Lenzi collaborators Gianfranco Clerici and José Luis Martínez Mollá is based on a story co-authored by the director. The film was a co-production between Italy, Spain, and France.
Natale a Rio is a 2008 Italian cinepanettone directed by Neri Parenti with Christian De Sica. The film has grossed €24,678,792 in Italy. It is the third film starring De Sica without mate Massimo Boldi, his shoulder of honor in these films that make up the saga of Italian "cinepanettoni". In fact, in 2006 they were separated in film roles following a dispute.
Roger Browne is an American actor known best for his work in the peplum and Eurospy films popular in Europe in the 1960s and 1970s.
Gang War in Milan is a 1973 Italian poliziottesco film directed by Umberto Lenzi.
The Invincible Masked Rider is a 1963 adventure film directed by Umberto Lenzi. It was based on a novel by Johnston McCulley. The film was released in the US as Terror of the Black Mask.
The Lion of Thebes is a peplum film written and directed by Giorgio Ferroni.
The Spy Who Loved Flowers is a 1966 Italian/Spanish co-production science fiction-Eurospy film written and directed by Umberto Lenzi. Set in Paris, Geneva and Athens, it is the sequel to Super Seven Calling Cairo (1965). It starred Roger Browne and Yoko Tani.
The Spy with Ten Faces, or German: Der Mann mit den tausend Masken/The Man of a Thousand Masks) is a 1966 Italian-West German Eurospy film written and directed by Alberto De Martino.
Last Man to Kill is a 1966 Italian-French crime-spy film written and directed by Umberto Lenzi and starring Roger Browne, Erika Blanc and Dakar. The Italian title translates as A Million Dollars for Seven Killers. It was the fourth and last spy film directed by Lenzi.
Password: Kill Agent Gordon is a 1966 Spanish-Italian Eurospy film directed by Sergio Grieco and starring Roger Browne.
Venus Against the Son of Hercules is a 1962 Italian peplum film written and directed by Marcello Baldi and starring Roger Browne and Jackie Lane.
The Seducers is a 1969 Italian erotic drama film co-written and directed by Ottavio Alessi and starring Maud de Belleroche, Maurizio Bonuglia, Edwige Fenech and Rosalba Neri.
Fratelli d'Italia is a 1989 Italian comedy film directed by Neri Parenti.
