La battaglia di Maratona (1959)

Note des utilisateurs:

4.9/10   

Réalisateur:

Jacques Tourneur
(suite)

Writers:

Alberto Barsanti (story)
Ennio De Concini (writer)
(suite)

Release Date:

25 mai 1960 (USA)

Genre:

Aventure | Drame | War

Accroche:

Spectacle! Grandeur! Glory!

Plot:

A Greek soldier leads the fight against an invading Persian army.

Plot Keywords:

Persian | Athens | Peplum | Catapult | Ancient Greece

Avis des utilisateurs:

Brilliant!

Ensemble

Steve Reeves	...	Phillipides
Mylène Demongeot	...	Andromeda, Creuso's daughter
Sergio Fantoni	...	Teocrito
Daniela Rocca	...	Karis
Philippe Hersent	...	Callimaco
Alberto Lupo	...	Milziade
Daniele Vargas	...	Dario, King of Persia
Miranda Campa	...	Andromeda's handmaid
Gianni Loti	...	Teucro
Anita Todesco	...	Andromeda's friend
Ivo Garrani	...	Creuso
Sergio Ciani	...	Euros
Franco Fantasia
Carlo Lombardi
Ignazio Balsamo
Gian Paolo Rosmino
Walter Grant
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Gérard Herter	...	Hippia (uncredited)
Rinaldo Zamperla	...	Gladiator (uncredited)

Réalisé par
Jacques Tourneur
Mario Bava		(uncredited) (completed film)

Scénaristes (in alphabetical order)
Alberto Barsanti		story
Ennio De Concini		writer
Augusto Frassinetti		writer
Raffaello Pacini		story
Bruno Vailati		writer

Produit par
Bruno Vailati	....	producer

Musique originale
Roberto Nicolosi

Image
Mario Bava
Masino Manunza		(underwater scenes) (uncredited)

Montage
Mario Serandrei

Création des décors
Aleksandar Milovic		(uncredited)

Direction artistique
Marcello de Prato

Décorateur de plateau
Massimo Tavazzi

Création des costumes
Pier Luigi Pizzi

Maquillage
Otello Fava	....	makeup artist
Mara Rocchetti	....	hair stylist

Directeur de production
Renato Angiolini	....	production manager
Ferruccio De Martino	....	production manager
Massimo De Rita	....	production manager

Assistant réalisateur
Odoardo Fiory	....	assistant director
Ottavio Oppo	....	assistant director
Mario Bava	....	assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Gianni D'Aloisio	....	assistant set designer

Technicien du son
Louis Kieffer	....	sound engineer
Giulio Tagliacozzo	....	sound engineer

Effets spéciaux
Mario Bava	....	special photographic effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Ubaldo Terzano	....	camera operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Marisa Crimi	....	costume supervisor
Armando Govoni	....	wardrobe

Music Department
Luigi Urbini	....	conductor (as Pierluigi Urbini)

Divers
Barbara Fusch	....	direction secretary
Paolo Mercuri	....	production secretary
Enzo Musumeci Greco	....	fencing master
Ditta Pompei	....	footwear
Rancati	....	weapons
Ditta Rochetti	....	wigs by
Tani	....	weapons

Production Companies

• Galatea Film
• Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France
• Societé Cinématographique Lyre
• Titanus

Distributors

• Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France (1960) (France) (theatrical)
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1960) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1960) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed)
• Alpha Video Distributors (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Peter Pan Industries (PPI) (2005) (USA) (DVD) (as "Gods of War")
• Reel Media International (2005) (USA) (VHS)
• Reel Media International (2007) (USA) (all media)
• Retromedia Entertainment (????) (USA) (DVD)
• Something Weird Video (SWV) (????) (USA) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Casa d'Arte di Firenze  costumes
• Digitmovies Alternative Entertainment  soundtrack
• Titanus  soundtrack

Autre(s) titre(s):

Giant of Marathon (USA)
La bataille de Marathon (France)
The Giant Marathon (Philippines: English title)

Durée:

90 min | Italy:92 min (director's cut)

Pays:

Italy | France

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Son:

Mono

Classification:

Finland:K-16

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Centralni Filmski Studio Kosutnjak, Belgrade, Serbia

Company:

Galatea Film

Anecdotes:

This became yet another film in which director of photography Mario Bava had to step in as director (uncredited). Galatea Film decided to finally reward Bava by giving him a chance to develop his own project which he would direct. This led to the production of La maschera del demonio (1960), which began Bava's career as a solo director.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Film Crew: The Giant of Marathon (2007) (V)

Brilliant!

Hopefully, one day Steve Reeves will get the justice of a really good DVD collection. he deserves no less.

He had the classic physique which commands attention, and still does compared to many of the later 'action heroes' which fit this, and the Hercules movies perfectly. However, although not the greatest transfer, I thought that this movie was fantastic. The battle scenes were great, particularly the underwater sequences, and suitably epic. Add to that a great treacherous villain and a complex femme fatale. Plus, I have to add the allure of Andromeda to my rating. Now, I'm sure that I am probably reading too much in to it, but, many of the battle scenes really evoked Saving Private Ryan for me. Spielberg a peplum fan? With Mario Bava holding the camera, why not?