Peplum: Barbarian and Viking films
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1. Attack of the Normans (1962)
Not Rated | 79 min | Adventure
An evil duke kidnaps the good king and tries to make the virtuous queen his bride and the peasants take arms.
Director: Giuseppe Vari | Stars: Cameron Mitchell, Geneviève Grad, Ettore Manni, Philippe Hersent
Votes: 90
2. Attila (1954)
TV-14 | 80 min | Biography, Drama, History
Attila, the leader of the barbarian Huns and called by the Romans "The Scourge of God", sweeps onto the Italian peninsula, defeating all of the armies of Rome, until he and his men reach the gates of the city itself.
Director: Pietro Francisci | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Sophia Loren, Henri Vidal, Claude Laydu
Votes: 790
3. The Defeat of the Barbarians (1962)
92 min | Adventure
A dashing cavalier gets mixed up with armies trying to conquer lands in the north of Italy in the 1500s. Larry Anderson
Directors: Paolo Lombardo, Piero Regnoli | Stars: Ken Clark, Gérard Landry, Moira Orfei, Piero Lulli
Votes: 8
4. The Cossacks (1960)
114 min | Action, War, Adventure
Directors: Viktor Tourjansky, Giorgio Venturini | Stars: Edmund Purdom, John Drew Barrymore, Giorgia Moll, Elena Zareschi
Votes: 68
5. The Defeat of the Barbarians (1962)
92 min | Adventure
A dashing cavalier gets mixed up with armies trying to conquer lands in the north of Italy in the 1500s. Larry Anderson
Directors: Paolo Lombardo, Piero Regnoli | Stars: Ken Clark, Gérard Landry, Moira Orfei, Piero Lulli
Votes: 8
6. Erik the Conqueror (1961)
Not Rated | 81 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
Two estranged brothers confront each other as rivals when war breaks out between Britain and the Vikings for control of England.
Director: Mario Bava | Stars: Cameron Mitchell, Alice Kessler, Ellen Kessler, George Ardisson
Votes: 960
7. Fury of the Barbarians (1960)
86 min | Adventure
At the end of the sixth century, a band of pagan savages attacks a peaceful northern province of Italy.
Director: Guido Malatesta | Stars: Edmund Purdom, Rossana Podestà, Livio Lorenzon, Carla Calò
Votes: 51
8. Goliath and the Barbarians (1959)
86 min | Adventure
When barbarians invade his village and kill his father, a local man wages a one-man war against them.
Director: Carlo Campogalliani | Stars: Steve Reeves, Chelo Alonso, Bruce Cabot, Giulia Rubini
Votes: 349
9. The Huns (1960)
102 min | Action, Adventure
An orphan (Chelo Alonso), raised by a foreign tribe, becomes a warrior queen and falls in love with the leader of her enemies.
Director: Sergio Grieco | Stars: Chelo Alonso, Jacques Sernas, Mario Petri, Folco Lulli
Votes: 69
10. Invasion 1700 (1962)
112 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Seventeenth century. During the Ukrainian uprising against the Polish rulers, Prince Colonel Jan Skrzetuski falls in love with Princess Elena, a Polish nobleman who lives with her aunt's ... See full summary »
Director: Fernando Cerchio | Stars: Jeanne Crain, John Drew Barrymore, Pierre Brice, Akim Tamiroff
Votes: 112
11. El príncipe encadenado (1960)
81 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Director: Luis Lucia | Stars: Antonio Vilar, María Mahor, Paul Naschy, Luis Prendes
Votes: 46
12. Knives of the Avenger (1966)
Not Rated | 85 min | Adventure
A mysterious, knife-throwing Viking warrior protects a young peasant woman and her son from the clutches of a evil regent bent on claiming the title of King and the woman for himself.
Directors: Mario Bava, Leopoldo Savona | Stars: Cameron Mitchell, Fausto Tozzi, Giacomo Rossi Stuart, Luciano Pollentin
Votes: 938
13. The Last of the Vikings (1961)
Unrated | 103 min | Action, Adventure, War
Harald and his brother Guntar return to Norway to find their father murdered and his throne usurped. They try to take revenge on Sveno, but a traitor amongst them puts both brother's lives at risk.
Director: Giacomo Gentilomo | Stars: Cameron Mitchell, Edmund Purdom, Isabelle Corey, Hélène Rémy
Votes: 233
14. Marco Polo (1962)
95 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Italian explorer rescues the daughter of the Mongol leader Kublai Khan, meets a hermit who has invented gunpowder and builds a cannon.
Directors: Hugo Fregonese, Richard McNamara, Piero Pierotti | Stars: Rory Calhoun, Yôko Tani, Robert Hundar, Camillo Pilotto
Votes: 177
15. Marco the Magnificent (1965)
100 min | Adventure, Biography
Young Marco Polo travels to China to help Kublai Khan fight against rebels, headed by his own son, with a new invention: gunpowder.
Directors: Denys de La Patellière, Raoul Lévy, Noël Howard | Stars: Horst Buchholz, Grégoire Aslan, Robert Hossein, Elsa Martinelli
Votes: 631
16. Michael Strogoff (1956)
111 min | Adventure, Drama, History
In 19th century Russia, a Tartar rebellion led by Feofar Khan separates Russia from Siberia where the Tsar's brother and his troops are making a last stand. The Tsar entrusts Captain Michel Strogoff to deliver a vital message to them.
Director: Carmine Gallone | Stars: Curd Jürgens, Geneviève Page, Jacques Dacqmine, Sylva Koscina
Votes: 604
17. The Mongols (1961)
105 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
During the Mongol invasion of Poland, a conflict between Mongol Emperor Genghis Khan and his oldest son Ogotai ensues when the former aims for peace and the latter itches for war and conquest.
Directors: André De Toth, Leopoldo Savona, Riccardo Freda | Stars: Jack Palance, Anita Ekberg, Antonella Lualdi, Franco Silva
Votes: 363
18. The Barbarians (1960)
90 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Revak is an Iberian prince from Penda, a small island where the Carthagian fleet ransacked and enslaved the surviving native men, including him. After an eventful passage aboard a galley, ... See full summary »
Director: Rudolph Maté | Stars: Jack Palance, Milly Vitale, Guy Rolfe, Austin Willis
Votes: 250
19. Revolt of the Barbarians (1964)
99 min | Adventure, Drama
A roman consul is sent to Gaul to investigate the theft of gold shipments. He discovers that the gold is being stolen by a tribe of barbarians--whose leader is the governor of Gaul.
Director: Guido Malatesta | Stars: Roland Carey, Maria Grazia Spina, Mario Feliciani, Gabriele Antonini
Votes: 113
20. Orlando e i Paladini di Francia (1956)
99 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Charlemagne and Saracen Agramante are at war. Although the Franks are outnumbered by their enemies they succeed in containing them in the Pyrennean foothills. A truce is signed between the ... See full summary »
Director: Pietro Francisci | Stars: Rik Battaglia, Rosanna Schiaffino, Lorella De Luca, Fabrizio Mioni
Votes: 47
21. The Saracens (1963)
89 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In the territory of his holiness the Turkish pirates terrorize the population. Marco Trevisan during the trip from Venice to his city is captured by the men of Rabenek.
Director: Roberto Mauri | Stars: Richard Harrison, Walter Brandi, Annamaria Ubaldi, Gino Turini
Votes: 49
22. The Seven Revenges (1961)
92 min | Adventure
Rival Mongol chiefs battle for leadership of the tribe.
Director: Primo Zeglio | Stars: Ed Fury, Elaine Stewart, Bella Cortez, Roldano Lupi
Votes: 73
23. Suleiman the Conqueror (1961)
99 min | Adventure
Historical film, telling the story of Turkish Sultan Suleiman's attempts to conquer Vienna. The advance of his army was checked on Yugoslav territory.
Directors: Vatroslav Mimica, Mario Tota | Stars: Edmund Purdom, Giorgia Moll, Alberto Farnese, Luciano Marin
Votes: 29
24. Sword of the Conqueror (1961)
Not Rated | 96 min | Adventure, History, War
A cruel Lombard ruler marries the daughter of another king, kills her father, beats her lover but he ultimately faces a major popular revolt against him.
Director: Carlo Campogalliani | Stars: Jack Palance, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Guy Madison, Carlo D'Angelo
Votes: 260
25. Sword of the Empire (1964)
99 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Rome, under Commodus: intrigue, fight for power, gladiators, senators, Christians, Barbarians, slaves, Pretorians, battles, wrestles, swords and muscles in by-the-numbers Italian epic.
Director: Sergio Grieco | Stars: Lang Jeffries, José Greci, Enzo Tarascio, Howard Ross
Votes: 38
26. Le fils de Tarass Boulba (1962)
96 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Despite the disagreement of their mother, the sons of old Taras Bulba are taken to the Dnieper camp on their return from a Kiev seminary, to teach them how to become real Cossacks.
Directors: Ferdinando Baldi, Henri Zaphiratos | Stars: Vladimir Medar, Lorella De Luca, Jean-François Poron, Fosco Giachetti
Votes: 35
27. The Tartars (1961)
Not Rated | 83 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Tartan and Viking forces clash in what is modern-day Russia.
Directors: Richard Thorpe, Ferdinando Baldi | Stars: Victor Mature, Orson Welles, Liana Orfei, Arnoldo Foà
Votes: 511
28. Terror of the Steppes (1964)
97 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A sword and sandal extravaganza in which a musclebound hero conquers all.
Director: Tanio Boccia | Stars: Kirk Morris, Moira Orfei, Daniele Vargas, Ombretta Colli
Votes: 50
29. Tharus figlio di Attila (1962)
90 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
King Bohlem, brother of the late Attila, reconquers former Hun territory. To secure this territory, he sends his son, Otto, and his nephew, Tharus, to forge an alliance with King Haadem, ... See full summary »
Director: Roberto Bianchi Montero | Stars: Jerome Courtland, Lisa Gastoni, Mimmo Palmara, Rik Van Nutter
Votes: 54
30. Zorikan the Barbarian (1964)
92 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Director: Roberto Mauri | Stars: Dan Vadis, Walter Brandi, Eleonora Bianchi, Vincenzo Musolino
Votes: 15
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