Gladiateur, glaive et fantasmes
The silent cinema had already created colossal movies based on ancient civilizations, but it is in the 1950s when peplums reach their apogee in Hollywood. Then, peplums take root at Cinecittà studios, in Rome, where cheap cinema is produced with bodybuilders as heroes. The genre decays in the late 1960s, but rises again decades later, when a modern classic is released in 2000.
- Genre: Documentary, TV Movie
- Studio: ITV Studios France, ARTE GEIE, CNC
- Keyword: movie business, bible, bodybuilding, hollywood, peplum, religious film, mccarthyism, cold war propaganda, early television
- Cast: Julien Bocher, Hervé Lacroix, Romain Debord, Douglas Wick, David Franzoni, Laurent Aknin
