Thunder of Battle

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Thunder of Battle
Coriolanus Hero without a Country.jpg
Directed by Giorgio Ferroni
Screenplay byRemigio Del Grosso [1]
Produced byDiego Alchimede [1]
Starring
Cinematography Augusto Tiezzi [1]
Edited by Antonietta Zita [1]
Music by Carlo Rustichelli [1]
Production
companies
  • Doria Film
  • Explorer '58
  • Comptoir Francais du Film [2]
Distributed by Variety Distribution
Release date
  • 5 March 1964 (1964-03-05)(Italy)
Running time
96 minutes [1]
Countries
  • Italy
  • France [2]

Thunder of Battle (Italian : Coriolano, eroe senza patria [1] ) is a 1964 Italian historical drama film set in Rome in 493 BC. The plot is an adaptation of the Roman legend about the general who won great victories for the Romans over their enemies the Volscians, but was then forced into exile by his political enemies at home.

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Thunder of Battle was released in Italy with a 96-minute running time on March 5, 1964. [1] The film re-uses footage from The Trojan Horse . [2]

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