The Rape of the Sabine Women (1962 film)

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The Rape of the Sabine Women
Directed by Alberto Gout
Written by Alberto Gout
Starring Lorena Velázquez
Tere Velázquez
Wolf Ruvinskis
Luis Induni
Victor Ruiz
Release date
  • 1962 (1962)
CountryMexico
LanguageSpanish

El Rapto de las Sabinas (English Translation: The Rape of the Sabine Women) is a 1962 historical drama film adaptation of the Roman foundation myth about the abduction of Sabine women by the Romans shortly after the foundation of the city of Rome (probably in the 750s BC).

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The film was written and directed by Alberto Gout.

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