Rome, under Commodus: intrigue, fight for power, gladiators, senators, Christians, Barbarians, slaves, Pretorians, battles, wrestles, swords and muscles in by-the-numbers Italian epic.
Practical Effects
Genuinely impressive crowd scenes on clearly non-impressive budgets.
Costume
Leather straps and oil: the Italian peplum aesthetic, perfected.
Director
Sergio Grieco
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sergio Grieco made this during the dying days of the peplum boom, rushing production to beat competing Commodus films.
This was one of at least four Italian films about Commodus released in 1964 alone, capitalizing on the ancient Rome craze before audiences moved on to spaghetti westerns.
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