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Release Date: 1959

Cast: Daniela Rocca, Mylène Demongeot, Sergio Ciani, Ivo Garrani, Steve Reeves

Categories: Movies, Adventure, Period Piece, Historical Film, Costume Adventure, Sword And Sandal, Action/Adventure, Drama Film, World Cinema

The Giant of Marathon (Italian: La battaglia di Maratona) is a 1959 Italian sword and sandal film. It was directed by Jacques Tourneur and Mario Bava (Bava had to step in to complete the film). It starred Steve Reeves as Pheidippides (Phillipides in the film). In 2007, The Giant of Marathon was used as the basis for an episode of The Film Crew. This classical peplum tells a fictitious story set in 490 BC, the time of the Medic Wars during which Persian armies sweep the Ancient world. Having brought home to Athens the Olympic victor's laurel crown, Philippides joins as commander the Sacred... MORE

The Giant of Marathon (Italian: La battaglia di Maratona) is a 1959 Italian sword and sandal film. It was directed by Jacques Tourneur and Mario Bava (Bava had to step in to complete the film). It starred Steve Reeves as Pheidippides (Phillipides in the film). In 2007, The Giant of Marathon was used as the basis for an episode of The Film Crew. This classical peplum tells a fictitious story set in 490 BC, the time of the Medic Wars during which Persian armies sweep the Ancient world. Having brought home to Athens the Olympic victor's laurel crown, Philippides joins as commander the Sacred Guard, which is expected to defend the city-state's liberty, a year after the chasing of the tyrant Hippias. Athenian supporters of Hippias conspire, hoping to side Philippides by marriage to Theocrites' expensive servant Charis, and thus neutralize the guard. She fails to seduce him, as his heart is already taken by a young girl before the learns her name is Andromeda, daughter of Creuso. Everything personal is likely to be put on hold when the news breaks that the Persian King of kings Darius's vast army is marching on Greece, hoping its internal division will make its conquest a walk-over. LESS