Julius Caesar Against the Pirates

Julius Caesar Against the Pirates
Directed by Sergio Grieco
Produced by Gastone Gugliemetti[1]
Screenplay by
  • Gino Mangini
  • Fabio De Agostini
  • Maria Grazia Borgiotti
  • Sergio Grieco[1]
Story by Maria Grazia Borgiotti[1]
Starring
Music by Carlo Innocenzi[1]
Cinematography Vincenzo Seratrice[1]
Edited by Enzo Alfonzi[1]
Production
company
C.A.P.R.I.[1]
Release date
  • 23 April 1962 (1962-04-23) (Italy)
Running time
 93 minutes[1]
Country Italy[1]


Julius Caesar Against the Pirates (Italian: Giulio Cesare contro i pirati) is a 1962 Italian adventure film written and directed by Sergio Grieco and starring Gustavo Rojo, Abbe Lane and Gordon Mitchell.[2][3] It is loosely based on actual events from the early life of Julius Caesar.

Plot

Julius Caesar, is threatened by the dictator Sulla, due to Caesar's wife Cornelia's ties to Sulla's enemies. Caesar decides to flee Rome to the court of his friend, King Nicomedes of Bithynia. While traveling in the area, Caesar is captured by pirates. The pirates are engaged in hostilities with Bithynia, and Caesar swears that once he is ransomed, he will return and destroy the pirates.

Cast

Production

Julius Caesar Against the Pirates was shot at INCOM studios in Rome with sea battle scenes filmed in Yugoslavia.[1]

Release

Julius Caesar Against the Pirates was released in Italy on April 23, 1962.[1]

References

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 30.
  2. ↑ Della Casa, Steve; Giusti, Marco. Il grande libro di Ercole. pp. 164–165. Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Edizioni Sabinae, 2013. ISBN 978-88-98623-051.
  3. ↑ Casadio, Gianfranco. I mitici eroi. p. 258. Longo Editore, 2007. ISBN 978-88-8063-529-1.

Sources

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


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