The Lion of Thebes

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The Lion of Thebes

Directed by	Giorgio Ferroni
Screenplay by	Remigio Del Grosso Giorgio Ferroni Andrey De Coligny Jean Velter^[1]
Story by	Andrey de Coligny^[1]
Produced by	Diego Alchimede^[1]
Starring	Mark Forest Yvonne Furneaux Massimo Serato
Cinematography	Angelo Lotti^[1]
Edited by	Antonietta Zita^[1]
Music by	Francesco De Masi^[1]
Production companies	Filmes La Societe des Films Sirius^[1]
Distributed by	Variety Distribution
Release date	28 June 1964 (1964-06-28) (Italy)
Running time	88 minutes^[1]
Countries	Italy France^[1]

The Lion of Thebes (Italian: Il leone di Tebe, French: Hélène, reine de Troie) is a peplum film written and directed by Giorgio Ferroni.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Plot

When the Greek army conquers Troy, Helen is exiled from the city. Her loyal guard Arion and Helene ends up shipwrecked on the shores of Egypt, they meet a caravan in the desert and escape from them to Thebes. In the Egyptian city, the Pharaoh Ramses falls in love with Helen, and this ends up making her numerous enemies during her stay in Egypt. She ends up being blamed for the assassination of Ramses, and its up to Arion to save her from those who wish to harm her.

Cast

Mark Forest as Arion
Yvonne Furneaux as Helen of Troy
Massimo Serato as Tutmes
Pierre Cressoy as Ramses
Alberto Lupo as Menelao
Nerio Bernardi as Xesostus
Rosalba Neri as Nais
Carlo Tamberlani as Amenofis
Nello Pazzafini as Gaor
Tullio Altamura as Elnà
Enzo Fiermonte as Tutmès' henchman

Production

The film was shot at the De Paolis studios in Rome.^[5]

Release

The Lion of Thebes was released in Italy with an 88 minute running time on June 28, 1964.^[1] It was released in 1965 in the United States.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 107.
^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia; Mario Pecorari (1991). Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 1992. ISBN 8876055932.
^ Patrick Lucanio (1994). With fire and sword: Italian spectacles on American screens, 1958-1968. Scarecrow Press, 1994. ISBN 0810828162.
^ Paolo Mereghetti (2010). Il Mereghetti* - Dizionario dei film. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 978-8860736260.
^ Howard Hughes. Cinema Italiano - The Complete Guide From Classics To Cult. I.B.Tauris, 2011. ISBN 9781848856080.

Sources

Kinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (2017). Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476662916.

External links

Giorgio Ferroni

Films directed

Collaborative works

The Three Wishes

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