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The Barbarians

The Barbarians

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 4, 1960

Runtime

1h 30m

Genres

Adventure

Original Title

The Barbarians

Production Companies

Galatea Film, Mahin-Rackin, NBC

Director

Rudolph Maté

Description

Revak is an Iberian prince from Penda, a small island where the Carthagian fleet ransacked and enslaved the surviving native men, including him. After an eventful passage aboard a galley, Revak becomes an elephant driver in Carthage city, and could become the favorite of mighty women, but has only one thirst: bloody revenge, at all cost, so the barbarian makes common cause with the attacking Romans, Carthage's historical enemy and rival for Mediterranean hegemony, scorning love...