peplum

History of the World: Part I (1981)

History of the World: Part I | United States of America
Genre
Comedy
IMDB
6.8 (50,992 votes)
Budget
11,000,000.00$
An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition.

Sword-and-Sandal (2018)

Gladiateur, glaive et fantasmes | France| Germany
Genre
Documentary| TV Movie
IMDB
7 (33 votes)
The silent cinema had already created colossal movies based on ancient civilizations, but it is in the 1950s when peplums reach their apogee in Hollywood. Then, peplums take root at Cinecittà studios, in Rome, where cheap cinema is produced with bodybuilders as heroes. The genre decays in the late 1960s, but rises again decades later, when a modern classic is released in 2000.