Английская Википедия:Gold for the Caesars

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Шаблон:Infobox film Gold for the Caesars (Шаблон:Lang-it) is a 1963 peplum film starring Jeffrey Hunter and Mylène Demongeot. Originally planned as an American production, the film later became an Italian-French international co-production after the poor box office return of King of Kings. It was shot in Italy in 1962. The film is credited to Andre de Toth in the United States and both de Toth and Sabatino Ciuffini in Italy. Second unit director Riccardo Freda has claimed to have shot the entire film, while De Toth biographies make little input regarding his work on the film. Actress Mylène Demongeot has also backed up that Freda had taken charge on the films set.

Plot/Synopsis

Aspiring Caesars finance their political ascent and power by having slaves mine for large quantities of gold near Cartago Nova (New Carthage - Cartagena) in Hispania (Spain). There is a massacre involving Spanish Celts and also a truce for a gold-searching expedition.

Cast

• Jeffrey Hunter as Lacer
• Mylène Demongeot as Penelope
• Ron Randell as Centurion Rufus
• Massimo Girotti as Pro-consul Caius Cornelius Maximus
• Giulio Bosetti as Scipio
• Ettore Manni as Luna the Celt
• Georges Lycan as Malendi the Celt
• Furio Meniconi as Dax the Gaul

Production

Gold for the Caesars was an Italian-French peplum film produced by Joseph Fryd, Bernard Borderie and Freda's friend Attilio Riccio.Шаблон:Sfn The film was based on the Florence A. Seward novel of the same name.Шаблон:Sfn The film was originally intended to be made by MGM as early as 1961, but was put off after the box-office failure of King of Kings (1961).Шаблон:Sfn Fryd took over the production to make it a lower budget production in Europe.Шаблон:Sfn This also had the film's story drastically changed from the novel with a greater focus on the action than characterisation.Шаблон:Sfn

The film was shot near Terni in 1962.Шаблон:Sfn André De Toth is credited as the director in the American version of the film.Шаблон:Sfn The Italian version of the film credits Sabatino Ciuffini as the director, while De Toth is credited as the "supervising director".Шаблон:Sfn This would make the film Ciuffini's only directorial role.Шаблон:Sfn Second unit director Riccardo Freda, who is officially credited as a second unit director, stated that "I claim the whole film as mine from start to finish. The producers put De Toth aside on the second day of shooting. André de Toth did not shoot anything."Шаблон:Sfn In his memoirs, De Toth did not mention shooting the film nor did Anthony Slide's book De Toth on De Toth, which De Toth described the film as "a vacation, taking a breather between climbing new peaks. Unfortunately, I climbed the wrong one, and when I skied down one of the Swiss Alps, I broke my neck. And that wasn't on the schedule," which only had De Toth return to directing in 1968.Шаблон:Sfn Lastly, the films female lead Mylène Demongeot wrote in her own autobiography Tiroirs secrets stated that "De Toth seemed more interested in playing golf than in movies. He willingly left free ground to Riccardo Freda, who shot very spectacular scenes."Шаблон:Sfn

Release

Gold for the Caesars was released in Italy on March 9, 1963.Шаблон:Sfn It was later released in the United States as Gold for the Caesars in June 1964 where it was distributed by MGM.Шаблон:Sfn The film was released on DVD by Warner Archives on-demand series.Шаблон:Sfn

Reception

In a contemporary review, "Dale." of Variety called the film "an acceptable piece of product that may satisfy the most undemanding filmgoers" A review in the Monthly Film Bulletin noted the film had a "ragged" and "unconvincing" storyline concluding that "even if all its virtues are negative, the film is agreeable enough to watch and its swift development prevents it from becoming too tedious."

References

Sources

• Шаблон:Cite book

External links

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