Maciste against the Sheik (Italian:Maciste contro lo sceicco) is a 1926 Italian silent adventure film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Bartolomeo Pagano, Franz Sala and Felice Minotti. It was part of the long-running Maciste series of Peplum films. At one point Maciste takes part in an underwater fight with a shark.[1]
| Maciste against the Sheik | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Mario Camerini |
| Written by | Mario Camerini |
| Starring | Bartolomeo Pagano Franz Sala Felice Minotti |
| Cinematography | Anchise Brizzi |
Production company | Fert Film |
| Distributed by | Societa Anonima Stefano Pittaluga |
Release date | February 1926 |
Running time | 82 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Languages | Silent Italian intertitles |
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See alsoEdit
- Samson Against the Sheik (1962)
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Gundle p.44
BibliographyEdit
- Brunetta, Gian Piero. The History of Italian Cinema: A Guide to Italian Film from Its Origins to the Twenty-first Century. Princeton University Press, 2009.
- Gundle, Stephen. Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy. Berghahn Books, 2013.
- Ricci, Steven. Cinema and Fascism: Italian Film and Society, 1922–1943. University of California Press, 2008.
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