Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic (2019)

7.0/10 54 min Documentary History TV Movie

Overview

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

Cast

Julien Bocher

Self - Narrator (voice)

Hervé Lacroix

Self - Narrator (voice)

Damien Boisseau

Self - Narrator (voice)

Douglas Wick

Self - Film Producer

David Franzoni

Self - Screenwriter

Lou Ferrigno

Self - Actor

John Milius

Self - Filmmaker

Oliver Stone

Self - Filmmaker

Michael Douglas

Self - Actor (archive footage)

Russell Crowe

Self - Actor (archive footage)

Ridley Scott

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Charlton Heston

Self - Actor (archive footage)

Cecil B. DeMille

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Henri Chrétien

Self - Inventor (archive footage)

William Wyler

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Steve Reeves

Self - Actor (archive footage)

Recommendations

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
In Search of the Last Action Heroes
And the Oscar Goes To...
Audrey
The Skywalker Legacy
Room 237
Titanic: 20 Years Later with James Cameron
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
4 Little Girls
What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Circus of Books
Rich Hill
Making The Witcher
The Class of ‘92
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
Behind the Planet of the Apes
The Director and the Jedi