La schiava di Roma (1960)

User Rating:

5.0/10   

Directors:

Sergio Grieco
Franco Prosperi

Writers:

Franco Prosperi (writer)
Silvano Reina (writer)

Release Date:

1962 (UK)

Genre:

Adventure

Plot:

During Julius Caesar's invasion of Gallia: The Gauls have broken their treaty with the Romans. Marcus Valerius and his friend are sent to punish them...

Plot Keywords:

Ancient Rome

Cast

Rossana Podestà	...	Antea
Guy Madison	...	Marco Valerio
Mario Petri	...	Lysircos
Giacomo Rossi-Stuart	...	Claudius
Ignazio Leone
Mirko Boman
Goffredo Unger		(as Fredy Hunger)
Niksa Stefanini		(as Nicola Stefanini)
Nazzareno Zamperla
Pasquale Basile
Antonio Basile
Angelo Bastianoni
Giancarlo Bastianoni
Stipe Delic		(as Stefano Delic)
Giuseppe Batisti

Also Known As:

Slave of Rome (USA)

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Atlantica Cinematografica Produzione Films

An old childhood favorite!!

Slave of Rome has remained an elusive Video to locate, so far , even eluding the various merchants of vintage video, including Sinister Cinema. This was an exciting and fun "sword and sandal" movie that used to get played to death on Network TV back in the '60s. Besides Guy Madison, who was familiar at that time from the Western series, Wild Bill Hickock, it featured the stunning Rosanna Podesta, who at that time was probably in her absolute prime. For fans of this genre of movie, it was a refreshing break from the "sons of Hercules" style, in that the main character, although very swashbuckling, was very human and not a demi-god of any sort, and as such, his vulnerability made for more plot tension. JOHN G