Alone Against Rome
1962 film
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
- Gianni Astolfi
- Ernesto Gastaldi
- Ennio Mancini[1]
| Alone Against Rome | |
|---|---|
| |
| Directed by | Luciano Ricci |
| Screenplay by |
|
| Produced by | Marco Vicario[1] |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Silvano Ippoliti[1] |
| Edited by | Roberto Cinquini[1] |
Production companies |
|
Release date |
|
Running time | 95 minutes[1] |
| Countries |
|
Cast
- 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
Reception
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]
