Summary
Alone Against Rome (Italian: Solo contro Roma, also known as Vengeance of the Gladiators) is a 1962 peplum film directed by Luciano Ricci and starring Lang Jeffries and Rossana Podestà.[3][4]
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| Directed by | Luciano Ricci |
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| Produced by | Marco Vicaro[1] |
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| Cinematography | Silvano Ippoliti[1] |
| Edited by | Roberto Cinquini[1] |
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Running time | 95 minutes[1] |
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Cast edit
- Lang Jeffries as Brennus
- Rossana Podestà as Fabiola
- Philippe Leroy as Sylla
- Gabriele Tinti as Goruk
- Luciana Angiolillo as Saron's Servant
- Giorgio Nenadovic as Centurion Caius
- Goffredo Unger as Old Christian
- Rinaldo Zamperla as Light Blond Prisoner
Release edit
Alone Against Rome was released in September 1962 in Italy.[2] It was later released in the United States in December 1963 with a 100-minute running time.[2]
Reception edit
In a contemporary review, the Monthly Film Bulletin described the film as a "lavishly staged" and "shot in pale, restrained colours, this Italian spectacle reduces dialogue to the minimum and concentrates on as varied a display of violent action as the most eager fan could wish for, ranging from ambushes in the forest to bloody underground revolutions and equally savage gladiatorial contests."[5] The review noted that "one has to forget the vapid, dubbed dialogue, and lumbering acting (the one exception being Philippe Leroy's villainous, cold-eyed Silla)."[5] The review also noted the second-unit director Riccardo Freda, noting that "The arena scenes, in particular, are directed with a fine sense of movement and camera style by Riccardo Freda, who has now joined that select band of second unit directors on whom this kind of film tends to rely."[5]
References edit
Footnotes edit
- ^ a b c d e Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 17.
- ^ a b c d Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 18.
- ^ Roberto Poppi, Mario Pecorari. Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 2007. ISBN 8884405033.
- ^ Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti - Dizionario dei film. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.
- ^ a b c "Vengeance of the Gladiators "(Solo contro Roma)"". Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 30, no. 348. British Film Institute. 1963. p. 24. ISSN 0027-0407.
Sources edit
- Kinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (2017). Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476662916.
External links edit
- Alone Against Rome at IMDb
