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The Loves of Salammbo

Original title: Salambò
  • 19601960
  • 1h 12m
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5.1/10
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Edmund Purdom, Jacques Sernas, and Jeanne Valérie in The Loves of Salammbo (1960)
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During the 3rd century B.C. a horde of barbarians are hired by the Phoenian city of Carthage to fight against the Roman empire, but when the city's ruler is unable to fulfill the promised pa... Read allDuring the 3rd century B.C. a horde of barbarians are hired by the Phoenian city of Carthage to fight against the Roman empire, but when the city's ruler is unable to fulfill the promised payment made to the mercenaries, they attack the African settlement, where Salammbô --the ki... Read allDuring the 3rd century B.C. a horde of barbarians are hired by the Phoenian city of Carthage to fight against the Roman empire, but when the city's ruler is unable to fulfill the promised payment made to the mercenaries, they attack the African settlement, where Salammbô --the king's daughter and high priestess of goddess Tanit- tries to settle the matter when the Bar... Read all
IMDb RATING
5.1/10
91
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    • Sergio Grieco
  • Writers
    • Mario Caiano
    • Gustave Flaubert(novel "Salammbô")
    • Sergio Grieco
  • Stars
    • Jeanne Valérie
    • Jacques Sernas
    • Edmund Purdom
    • Sergio Grieco
  • Writers
    • Mario Caiano
    • Gustave Flaubert(novel "Salammbô")
    • Sergio Grieco
  • Stars
    • Jeanne Valérie
    • Jacques Sernas
    • Edmund Purdom
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    Raf Baldassarre, Jacques Sernas, and Jeanne Valérie in The Loves of Salammbo (1960)
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    Jeanne Valérie
    Jeanne Valérie
    • Salambò
    Jacques Sernas
    Jacques Sernas
    • Mathos
    Edmund Purdom
    Edmund Purdom
    • Narr Havas
    Arnoldo Foà
    Arnoldo Foà
    • Spendius
    Riccardo Garrone
    Riccardo Garrone
    • Hamilcar
    Kamala Devi
    Kamala Devi
    • Maiden
    Charles Fawcett
    • Annone
    Brunella Bovo
    Brunella Bovo
    • Neshma
    Andrea Aureli
    Andrea Aureli
    • Kohamir
    Raf Baldassarre
    Raf Baldassarre
    • Capo Mercenario
    Nando Tamberlani
    Nando Tamberlani
    • Gran Sacerdote
    Ivano Staccioli
    • Gell
    Antonio Basile
    Pasquale Basile
    Vittorio Duse
    Vittorio Duse
    Franco Franchi
    Franco Franchi
    Ferdinando Poggi
    Faustone Signoretti
        • Sergio Grieco
      • Writers
        • Mario Caiano
        • Gustave Flaubert(novel "Salammbô")
        • Sergio Grieco
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        Mathos: Kill me if you want to, but you've got to hear me first. I love you, Salambo. I love you.

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      6/10
      Passable Peplum with colorful outdoors, breathtaking battles, a love story and historical events freely based on Gustave Flaubert novel
      It is set in III century BC , the Carthagenian are battling Romans and then Carthage hires mercenaries to support their fight. But the Carthagenians don't execute the agreement about the terms of payment .Then the revengeful mercenaries carry out an upheaval against them . Meanwhile, Salammbo, gorgeous Jeanne Valere, the highest priestess of the bloody Goddess Tanit attempts to settle the conflict by gettting a covenant , but things go wrong when the mercenaries led by Jacques Sernas, are betrayed by the main member of the council of wise men, Edmund Purdom.

      An acceptable sword and sandals movie with intrigues , thrills emotion and impressive battles . Freely based on the known novel by Gustave Flauvert, the film inspires itself on the prestigious book taking parts here and there. Here appears some historical characters, as the notorious general Amilcar Barca, father of Annibal and Asdrubal who battled fiercely the Romans in the Punic Wars . Decent main cast as the very young Jeanne Valere as Salammbo, the virginal priestess , daughter of Amilcar Barca and who falls really in love with the mercenary chief played by Jacques Sernas, he exacts a vendetta stealing the sacred veil of the Goddess Tanit from the temple where the Chartaginian practice human sacrifices . Support cast is pretty good, full of secondaries of the 60s and 70s such as Riccardo Garrone, Arnaldo Foa, Kamala Devi who subsequently had a brief Hollywod career, Nando Tamberlani, Raf Baldassarre, Ivano Stacciolini, Andrea Aureli, Franco Franchi , Pasquale Basile, among others.

      The motion picture was professionally directed by Sergio Grieco. He was a good craftsman who made a lot of adventures, action and thrillers movies as Sergeant Klems, SOS agent 017, Rififi in Amsterdam, The mysterious swordsman , Lucrezia Borgia, La regina dei Tartaro, Il Capitano di Ferro, Pirates of the Black Hawk....
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      • Nov 1, 2018

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        • October 1962 (United States)
        • Italy
        • France
        • Italian
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        • Stella Film
        • Fides Films
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      • 1 hour 12 minutes
        • Mono

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