Peplum
The peplum film (pepla plural), also known as sword-and-sandal, is a genre of largely Italian-made historical or Biblical epics (costume dramas) that dominated the Italian film industry from 1958 to 1965, eventually being replaced in 1965 by Eurospy films and Spaghetti Westerns.
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![]() | Of Muscles and Men: Essays on the Sword & Sandal Film | Trade Paperback |
![]() | The New Peplum: Essays on Sword and Sandal Films and Television Programs since the 1990s | Paperback |
![]() | Peplum | Magazine |
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