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"The
Giants of Rome"
"I
Giganti di Roma"
Italy - (1964)
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Technical
Data
Title
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The Giants of Rome
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Aka
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I Giganti di Roma (Ita)
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Genre
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Historical - Adventure
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Year of Production
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1964
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Time
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95'
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B/W - Color
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C
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Distribution
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Variety Film
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Produced by
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Devon Film -
Radius Production
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Director
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Antonio
Margheriti (Anthony Dawson)
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Story by
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Ernesto Gastaldi
Luciano Martino
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Screenwriters
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Ernesto Gastaldi
Luciano Martino
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Photography by
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Fausto Zuccoli
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Art Director
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Paul Coutant Labourier
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Editor
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Romana Fortini
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Music by
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Carlo Rustichelli
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Cast
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Richard Harrison
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Role
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Claudio Marcello
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Wandisa Guida
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Livilla
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Ettore Manni
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Castore
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Philippe Hersent
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Druso
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Ralph Hudson
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Germanico
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Alessandro Sperlė
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Cesare
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Renato Baldini
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Gran Druido
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Story
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by: E.M.
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During the war
against Vercingetorige, Julius Caesar assigns a mission to Claudio Marcello and three of his Roman
soldiers, they have to search and destroy a huge catapult built from the
Druids. During the mission the four Roman soldiers are captured and
imprisoned. They will be able to escape and Claudio Marcello fight to complete his
mission, destroying the deadly catapult just in time, before the Roman army approach to begin the final
battle. After the victory of the Romans, Claudio will be awarded by Julius Caesar for his
braveness, and he return to Rome, with the woman he loves. |
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Reviews
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By: Robert Monell
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"I
Giganti di Roma" (1964) Directed by Antonio
Margheriti, An
excellent historical adventure set in 52 BC during the wars between
the Gauls and Rome. A team of Roman soldiers are sent on a special operation
to eliminate a secret weapon threatening a pass in the Elysian mountains.
It turns out to be a catapult. Claudius (Richard
Harrison) leads the
mission through guerilla assaults, capture, escapes, torture, floods and
finally destroys the weapon through ingenuity and daring. The action is
nonstop and tautly staged by the director and the scrupulously detailed
script by the prolific Ernesto Gastaldi keeps the narrative historically
credible and on a suspenseful track. The Romans and Julius Caesar are heroically
and romantically portrayed by a competent cast including
Harrison who went on to more Margheriti films ("Vengeance"),
the stuntman actor Fredy Unger (who went on to appear and do stunts on
many Margheriti films such as "Planet on the
Prowl", "Snow Devils",
"Vengeance", "Cannibal
Apocalypse"), Ettori Manni, Renato Baldini and
Wandisa Guida. The score by maestro Carlo Rustichelli includes cues familiar from
Mario Bava's "Blood and Black Lace"
of the same year. Outstanding special effects include an underwater battle
and the destruction of the catapults. One of Margheriti's best
contributions to the early 60's peplum genre.
Reviewed
by Robert Monell |
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