Sword-and-sandal
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Sword-and-sandal, also known as peplum, is a subgenre of largely Italian-made historical, mythological, or biblical epic films mostly set in the Greco-Roman antiquity or the Middle Ages. These films a
This poster for Goliath and the Barbarians (1959) by Carlo Campogalliani illustrates many people's expectations from films of this genre.
Kirk Douglas and Silvana Mangano in a pause during the shootings of Ulysses (1954) by Mario Camerini
My Son, the Hero (1962) by Duccio Tessari
A poster for Hercules (1958) by Pietro Francisci starring Steve Reeves
Eurospy film
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Eurospy film, or spaghetti spy film, is a genre of spy films produced in Europe, especially in Italy, France, and Spain, that either sincerely imitated or else parodied the British James Bond spy seri
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…and Cleopatra (1963). These films dominated the Italian film industry from 1958 to 1965, eventually being replaced in 1965 by spaghetti Western and Eurospy films. The term "peplum" (a Latin word referring to the ancient Greek garment peplos) was introduced by French film critics in the 1960s. The terms…
James Tont operazione D.U.E. (1966) film poster spoofs the 007 hit Thunderball.