Maciste

Maciste is an invented by the Italian poet Gabriele D' Annunzio heroic figure with Herculean powers from the history of Carthage.

In the film she was first embodied in Giovanni Pastrones monumental classic film Cabiria (1914 ) by Bartolomeo Pagano. From 1915 to 1927 25 more Maciste movies with Pagano emerged in this role

A revival learned the character of Maciste in the so-called sandals films of the 1960s. This Maciste hurries oppressed people in geographically and historically distant areas to help. In the German versions he lost his identity several times by the hire a title without the name selected.

Movies

Movie Documentary

  • Cinema colossal - Hercules, Maciste & Co. documentary film by Hans -Jürgen Panitz, Germany / Switzerland 2000, 60 Minutes
Maciste nella terra dei ciclopi Gordon Scott Ed Fury Fire Monsters Against the Son of Hercules Alan Steel
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