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Maciste Against Death (1920)

Maciste Against Death poster
Original title
Maciste contro la morte
Directed by
Luigi Romano Borgnetto, Carlo Campogalliani
Genre
silent film
Country
Italy
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
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How it feels

In this silent film from 1920, the strongman Maciste finds himself in a fairy-tale situation. Bartolomeo Pagano plays the hero as a burly favorite, not a superhuman figure.

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What happens

Maciste contro la morte è un film muto del 1920 diretto da Luigi Romano Borgnetto e Carlo Campogalliani. La pellicola ha per protagonista Bartolomeo Pagano, famoso proprio per aver interpretato nella sua carriera cinematografica il ruolo dell'eroe Maciste. Il film è la parte iniziale de La trilogia di Maciste, prodotta nel 1920 dall'Itala Film. Maciste in questo contesto è rappresentato non come una specie di supereroe, ma come un corpulento beniamino, sempre in una situazione fiabesca. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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