A warrior chieftain dashes between his barbaric allies and a beleaguered city that's being defended by embattled women warriors.
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| Louis Jourdan | ... | Drusco | |
| Sylvia Syms | ... | Clelia | |
| Jean Chevrier | ... | Porcenna - Etruscan Leader | |
| Nicole Courcel | ... | Lucilla - Porcenna's Wife | |
| Ettore Manni | ... | Horatio / Cocles - Roman Consul | |
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Paola Falchi | ... | Aurelia |
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Renaud Mary | ... | Stravos |
| Michel Piccoli | ... | Console Publicola | |
| Corrado Pani | ... | Muzio Scevola | |
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Nicolas Vogel | ... | Rasmal |
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María Luisa Rolando | ... | Donna Romana |
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Carlo Giustini | ... | Bruto |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
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Jacques Dufilho | ||
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Andrej Gardenin | ... | Fencer |
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A warrior chieftain dashes between his barbaric allies and a beleaguered city that's being defended by embattled women warriors.
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Language:
ItalianRelease Date:
6 March 1963 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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I recently saw AMAZONS OF ROME on cable. The first thing that stood out was the look. The quality of the transfer was truly beautiful: pristine and sharp. The lighting, the background sky, the sets, the costumes, everything looked authentic and gorgeous. Credit should go to cinematographer Marc Fossard. It looked like it was filmed yesterday. Much better looking than 90% of Peplums made during that time, including the stilted and dull THE 300 SPARTANS. With that said, the story is lifeless. It lacks urgency. Is it a comedy or a drama? The whole thing looks like a bad sex comedy. Sorta like GIDGET GOES TO WAR. Or THE COLOSSUS & THE AMAZON QUEEN.
But the film's biggest liability was casting Louis Jourdan as a Barbarian. What, Cary Grant wasn't available? I'm certain producers hired Jourdan in order to get financing for the film but it was a big mistake. He's simply too debonair to be a Barbarian. Sylvia Syms looks like Julie Andrews before Julie Andrews made her first movie. The best actor in the whole thing is Ettore Manni. Totally believable in anything he does, certainly in Sword & Sandal films. What a great, overlooked actor.
It's a shame the production team for this film wasn't involved in a more action oriented or serious story. The looked of it all would have rocked even more if it hadn't been involved with such a lightweight story.