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| name = Hero of Rome
| name = Hero of Rome
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| director = [[Giorgio Ferroni]]
| director = [[Giorgio Ferroni]]
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| screenplay = {{plainlist|* Remigio Del Grosso
* Antonio Visone{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=98}}}}
| starring = [[Gordon Scott]]<br>[[Gabriella Pallotta]]
| music = [[Angelo Francesco Lavagnino]]
| story = Alberta Montanti{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=98}}
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| cinematography = [[Augusto Tiezzi]]
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| starring = {{plainlist|* [[Gordon Scott]]
* [[Gabriella Pallotta]]
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* [[Massimo Serato]]
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| released = 1964
* [[Gabriele Antonini]]}}
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* Produzi Associati
* Unicite
* Les Films Jacques Lettienne{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=98}}}}
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'''''Il Colosso di Roma''''' (English Translation: ''Hero of Rome''; also known as ''Arm of Fire'') is a 1964 Italian [[sword and sandal]] film set in [[ancient Rome|Rome]] in 508 BC, and depicts the expulsion of the [[Lucius Tarquinius Superbus|last kings of Rome]] and the legend of [[Gaius Mucius Scaevola]].


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'''''Hero of Rome''''' ({{lang-it|Il Colosso di Roma}}) is a 1964 [[sword and sandal]] film set in [[ancient Rome|Rome]] in 508 BC, and depicts the expulsion of the [[Lucius Tarquinius Superbus|last kings of Rome]] and the legend of [[Gaius Mucius Scaevola]].
The film was directed by [[Giorgio Ferroni]].



==Plot==
==Plot==
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==Cast==
==Cast==
*[[Gordon Scott]] as "[[Gaius Mucius Scaevola]]"
*[[Gordon Scott]] as [[Gaius Mucius Scaevola]]
*[[Gabriella Pallotta]] as "Cloelia"
*[[Gabriella Pallotta]] as Cloelia
*[[Massimo Serato]] as "[[Lucius Tarquinius Superbus]]"
*[[Massimo Serato]] as [[Lucius Tarquinius Superbus]]
*[[Roldano Lupi]] as "[[Porsenna]]"
*[[Roldano Lupi]] as [[Porsenna]]
*[[Gabriele Antonini]] as "Arunte"
*[[Gabriele Antonini]] as Arunte
*[[Maria Pia Conte]] as "Valeria"
*[[Maria Pia Conte]] as Valeria
*[[Franco Fantasia]] as "Claudio"
*[[Franco Fantasia]] as Claudio


==Home release==
==Release==
Some of the early video prints confused the correct order of the reels.<ref>Hughes, p.55</ref>
''Hero of Rome'' was released in Italy with a 90 minute running time on June 25, 1964.{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=98}} Some of the early video prints confused the correct order of the reels.{{sfn|Hughes|2011|p=55}}


==Bibliography==
==Reception==
A anonymous reviewer in the ''[[Monthly Film Bulletin]]'' reviewed a dubbed version titled ''Arm of Fire''. <ref name="mfb" /> The review declared that the films had an "unconvincing and improbable" and that the dialogue was hampered by English dialogue that was "on the level of the cartoon strip" while the "climactic spectacle is competently handled, bu other ocular highlights are few."<ref name="mfb">{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Monthly Film Bulletin]]|title=Colosso Di Roma, Il (Arm of Fire), Italy, 1964|pages=122-123|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]|date=August 1965|issue=379|volume=32}}</ref>
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*{{cite book|last=Hughes|first=Howard|title=Cinema Italiano - The Complete Guide From Classics To Cult|publisher=I.B.Tauris|year=2011|isbn=978-1-84885-608-0 |location=London - New York}}


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}

==Bibliography==
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*{{cite book|last=Hughes|first=Howard|title=Cinema Italiano - The Complete Guide From Classics To Cult|publisher=I.B.Tauris|year=2011|isbn=978-1-84885-608-0 |location=London - New York}}
* {{cite book
|last1=Kinnard
|first1=Roy
|last2=Crnkovich
|first2=Tony
|title=Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990
|publisher=McFarland
|isbn=1476662916
|year=2017
|ref=harv
}}


==External links==
==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0124319|Hero of Rome}}
* {{IMDb title|0124319|Hero of Rome}}

{{Giorgio Ferroni}}


[[Category:1964 films]]
[[Category:1964 films]]
[[Category:Italian films]]
[[Category:Italian films]]
[[Category:French films]]
[[Category:Films set in ancient Rome]]
[[Category:Films set in ancient Rome]]
[[Category:Films based on Greco-Roman mythology]]
[[Category:Films based on Greco-Roman mythology]]

Revision as of 16:08, 18 May 2020

Hero of Rome
Directed byGiorgio Ferroni
Screenplay by
  • Remigio Del Grosso
  • Antonio Visone[1]
Story byAlberta Montanti[1]
Starring
CinematographyAugusto Tiezzi[1]
Edited byAntonietta Zita[1]
Music byAngelo Francesco Lavagnino[1]
Production
companies
  • Dorica Film
  • Produzi Associati
  • Unicite
  • Les Films Jacques Lettienne[1]
Release date
  • 25 June 1964 (1964-06-25)
Running time
90 minutes[1]
Countries
  • Italy
  • France[1]

Hero of Rome (Italian: Il Colosso di Roma) is a 1964 sword and sandal film set in Rome in 508 BC, and depicts the expulsion of the last kings of Rome and the legend of Gaius Mucius Scaevola.


Plot

The city-state of Rome has just expelled its Etruscan overlords and become a republic. The Etruscans declare war in an attempt to regain their territory. The warrior Scaevola is captured trying to assassinate king Porsenna, and threatened with torture unless he gives them strategic information. Scaevola instead thrusts his right hand into a brazier and lets it burn, demonstrating that he loves Rome too much to care about physical pain, and warns the king that many other Romans would do the same. The awed Porsenna releases him and sues for peace after learning the truth about how the Romans banished their last king, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus. However, Tarquin still wants to continue the war to regain his throne, and orders his men to kill Mucius later. Mucius returns to Rome to lead his countrymen, but the damage to his hand prevents him from wielding a sword in his right hand again.

The Roman Senate manages the war badly, and it becomes clear that only Scaevola can lead his countrymen to victory. He trains himself to fight with his left hand, and is soon able to return to battle and defeat the Etruscan kings.

Cast

Release

Hero of Rome was released in Italy with a 90 minute running time on June 25, 1964.[1] Some of the early video prints confused the correct order of the reels.[2]

Reception

A anonymous reviewer in the Monthly Film Bulletin reviewed a dubbed version titled Arm of Fire. [3] The review declared that the films had an "unconvincing and improbable" and that the dialogue was hampered by English dialogue that was "on the level of the cartoon strip" while the "climactic spectacle is competently handled, bu other ocular highlights are few."[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 98.
  2. ^ Hughes 2011, p. 55.
  3. ^ a b "Colosso Di Roma, Il (Arm of Fire), Italy, 1964". Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 32, no. 379. British Film Institute. August 1965. pp. 122–123.

Bibliography

  • Hughes, Howard (2011). Cinema Italiano - The Complete Guide From Classics To Cult. London - New York: I.B.Tauris. ISBN 978-1-84885-608-0.
  • Kinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (2017). Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990. McFarland. ISBN 1476662916. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

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