Sword of the Empire 1964
4.7 / 10
Sword of the Empire
Rome, under Commodus: intrigue, fight for power, gladiators, senators, Christians, Barbarians, slaves, Pretorians, battles, wrestles, swords and muscles in by-the-numbers Italian epic.
Rome, under Commodus: intrigue, fight for power, gladiators, senators, Christians, Barbarians, slaves, Pretorians, battles, wrestles, swords and muscles in by-the-numbers Italian epic.
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... Marco
... Nissia
... Tigerio
... Cleandro
... Roman Christian
... Cleandro
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Historically, this is all over the place. It's a sort of "Decline and Fall..." (also 1964) meets "Quo Vadis" (1951) with the handsome, but really hammy, Lang Jeffries in the lead role of "Quintus" trying to hold together a really weakly scripted and directed muddle. To be fair, the production looks quite good and there is plenty of swordplay and colourful action, it's just that acting is as stiff as a board. The supposedly megalomanic emperor "Commodus" (Enzo Tarascio" has nothing whatsoever by way of menace and the love interest from the glamorous but totally out of her depth José Greci as the slave girl "Nissia" really don't do anything at all to enliven this join-the-dots sword and sandals effort. I like this genre and they are usually quite watchable, but this is more of a chore than most. Perhaps Lionel would have been a better choice?
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Release Date:
Oct 20, 1964
Run Time:
1hr 39`
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Original Language:
Italian
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Released
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Sword of the Empire - Sword of the Empire
Historically, this is all over the place. It's a sort of "Decline and Fall..." (also 1964) meets "Quo Vadis" (1951) with the handsome, but really hammy, Lang Jeffries in the lead role of "Quintus" trying to hold together a really weakly scripted and directed muddle. To be fair, the production looks quite good and there is plenty of swordplay and colourful action, it's just that acting is as stiff as a board. The supposedly megalomanic emperor "Commodus" (Enzo Tarascio" has nothing whatsoever by way of menace and the love interest from the glamorous but totally out of her depth José Greci as the slave girl "Nissia" really don't do anything at all to enliven this join-the-dots sword and sandals effort. I like this genre and they are usually quite watchable, but this is more of a chore than most. Perhaps Lionel would have been a better choice?
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Sword of the Empire - Sword of the Empire
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... Marco
... Nissia
... Tigerio
... Cleandro
... Roman Christian
... Cleandro
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... Ottavio
... Orazio
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Paola Di Mario... Lucilla
... Valerio
... Roman Christian
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Antonio Devi... Fabio
... Sisto
... Artale
... Omah
... Marcia
... Leto
... Emperor Commodus
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