Massacre in the Black Forest
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| Cinematography | Lucky Satson [1] |
| Edited by | Otello Colangeli[1] |
| Music by | Carlo Savina[1] |
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Massacre in the Black Forest (German: Hermann der Cherusker – Die Schlacht im Teutoburger Wald) is a 1967 historical drama film set on the northeast frontier of the Roman Empire facing the area of Germania in A.D. 9. The film centers on Arminius, a chieftain of the Cherusci Germanic tribe (in what is now Lower Saxony), who drew three Roman legions into an ambush in the Teutoburg Forest, known as the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest.
Cast
[edit]- Hans von Borsody as Arminius
- Antonella Lualdi as Thusnelda
- Cameron Mitchell as Consul Aulus Caecina (in German version: Aulus Colonna) [Character is based on real Roman suffect consul of 1 BC Aulus Caecina (Severus)]
- Beba Lončar as Livia, Aulus Caecina's lover
- Dieter Eppler as Rupert
- Peter Carsten as Sigmund
- Vladimir Medar as Segestes
- Remo de Angelis as Publius Quintilius Varus
- ??? as Drusus the Younger
- Aleksandar Gavric as Epamione, merchant
- Paul Windsor as Curio, Roman officer
- Beli Bolin as Roman legionary
Release
[edit]The film was released in 1967.[1]
Footnotes
[edit]References
[edit]- Kinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (2017). Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908–1990. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-6291-6.
See also
[edit]- In the Shadow of the Eagles (dir. Ferdinando Baldi, 1966), with Cameron Mitchell, Beba Lončar, Dieter Eppler, Peter Carsten
- List of historical drama films
- List of films set in ancient Rome
- List of German films: 1960s
- Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
External links
[edit]- Stefan Noack: "Gebt mir meine Millionen wieder!" Der Spielfilm "Hermann der Cherusker" als Beispiel einer multinationalen Varusschlacht-Adaption in den 1960er u. 1970er Jahren, Berlin 2012. [1]
- Massacre in the Black Forest at IMDb
- Trailer on YouTube [2]
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- 1967 films
- 1960s historical films
- Italian historical films
- German historical films
- West German films
- 1960s Italian-language films
- 1960s German-language films
- Films set in ancient Rome
- Films set in 1st-century Roman Empire
- Classical war films
- Films set in Germany
- Films directed by Ferdinando Baldi
- Films scored by Carlo Savina
- Films set in the 1st century
- Sword-and-sandal films
- 1960s German films
- German epic films
- 1960s Italian films
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