Emperor Maciste

Emperor Maciste (Italian: Maciste imperatore) is a 1924 Italian silent adventure film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Bartolomeo Pagano, Domenico Gambino and Franz Sala. It was part of the peplum series of silent films featuring the strongman Maciste. The character of Maciste increasingly came to resemble Benito Mussolini, in this case striking Fascistic poses and defending order against criminal and dishonest elements.

Emperor Maciste
Directed by	Guido Brignone
Written by	Pier Angelo Mazzolotti
Starring	Bartolomeo Pagano Domenico Gambino Franz Sala
Cinematography	Massimo Terzano
Production company	Fert Film
Distributed by	Societa Anonima Stefano Pittaluga
Release date	November 1924 (1924-11)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	Italy
Languages	Silent Italian intertitles

Cast

• Bartolomeo Pagano as Maciste
• Domenico Gambino as Saetta
• Franz Sala
• Elena Sangro
• Oreste Grandi
• Augusto Bandini
• Lola Romanos
• Gero Zambuto
• Felice Minotti
• Armand Pouget
• Lorenzo Soderini

Bibliography

• Gundle, Stephen. Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy. Berghahn Books, 2013.
• Moliterno, Gino. Historical Dictionary of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2008.
• Ricci, Steven. Cinema and Fascism: Italian Film and Society, 1922–1943. University of California Press, 2008.

External links

• Emperor Maciste at IMDb