Sword-and-Sandal (2019)
Overview : The silent cinema had already created colossal movies based on ancient civilizations, but it is in the 1950s when peplums reach their apogee in Hollywood. Then, peplums take root at Cinecittà studios, in Rome, where cheap cinema is produced with bodybuilders as heroes. The genre decays in the late 1960s, but rises again decades later, when a modern classic is released in 2000.
Release Date : April 14, 2019
Runtime : 54m
Genre : Documentary, TV Movie
Companies : ITV Studios France, ARTE GEIE, CNC
Countries : France
Keywords : movie business, bible, bodybuilding, hollywood, peplum, religious film, mccarthyism, cold war propaganda, early television