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

Name: Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic
Director: Jérôme Korkikian
Genre: Documentary, History, TV Movie
Released: 2019-04-14
Duration: 54 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Julien Bocher, Hervé Lacroix, Damien Boisseau, Douglas Wick, David Franzoni

Original title: Gladiateur, glaive et fantasmes

7.0(9)201954mFR

Directed by Jérôme Korkikian

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

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