The Barbarians (film)

For other uses, see Barbarian (disambiguation).

The Barbarians
VHS cover for The Barbarians
Directed by	Ruggero Deodato
Produced by	Yoram Globus Menahem Golan John Thompson
Written by	James R. Silke Story/Screenplay Alberto Piferi Dialogue Dubbing
Starring	Barbarian Brothers Richard Lynch Eva La Rue
Music by	Pino Donaggio
Distributed by	Cannon Films
Release date(s)	March 1987
Running time	87 min.
Language	English

The Barbarians is a 1987 American-Italian sword and sorcery film, starring the Barbarian Brothers Peter and David Paul.

Plot

The film is set in a medieval-like heroic fantasy world. A tribe of peaceful travelling entertainers is attacked by the evil tyrant Kadar, who takes their queen Canary hostage. Canary, however, manages to hide her magic ruby. Two young twins from the tribe, Kutchek and Gore, bite off two of Kadar's fingers, but Kadar agrees to spare if Canary becomes his bride.

Kutchek and Gore work as slaves for several years and grow up as amazingly strong adults. They eventually escape from Kadar's fortress, and plan to come back and seek revenge. Meanwhile, Kadar tries to find Queen Canary's magic ruby.

Featured cast

Actor	Role
Peter Paul	Kutchek
David Paul	Gore
Richard Lynch	Kadar
Eva La Rue	Kara
Virginia Bryant	Canary
Sheeba Alahani	China
Franco Pistoni	Ibar
Michael Berryman	Dirtmaster
George Eastman	Jacko

Home media

The Barbarians has been released on DVD in some European countries, such as Italy (on February 2010) and France. The original VHS version is long out-of-print. Intrada Records released the only commercial CD version of composer Pino Donaggio's soundtrack to the public. The CD, limited to 1,200 copies, immediately sold-out.

External links

• The Barbarians at the Internet Movie Database
• The Barbarians at AllRovi
• The Barbarians trailer