Goliath and the Barbarians (1959)
- Original title
- Il terrore dei barbari
- Directed by
- Carlo Campogalliani
- Genre
- medieval film, sword-and-sandal film
- Country
- Italy
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Rated
- 12
- Rating
- 4.7 of 10 from 13 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A strongman leads a village against invading barbarians in 6th century Italy. He fights and schemes to protect his people from destruction.
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What happens
Goliath and the Barbarians (Italian: Il terrore dei barbari, lit. 'Terror of the Barbarians') is a 1959 Italian peplum film loosely based on events of the Lombard invasion of Italy in AD 568. As with many Italian peplums of the time, the English dubbed version renamed some of the characters (for example, "Emiliano" became "Goliath"). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Knives of the Avenger (1966)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.