Maciste (Italian pronunciation:[maˈtʃiste]) is one of the oldest recurring characters of cinema, created by Gabriele d'Annunzio and Giovanni Pastrone. He is featured throughout the history of the cinema of Italy from the 1910s to the mid-1960s.
He is usually depicted as a Hercules-like figure, utilizing his massive strength to achieve heroic feats that ordinary men cannot. Many of the 1960s Italian movies featuring Maciste were retitled in other countries, substituting more popular names in the titles (such as Hercules, Goliath or Samson).
Maciste (Italian pronunciation: [maˈtʃiste]) is one of the oldest recurring characters of cinema, created by Gabriele d'Annunzio and Giovanni Pastrone...
(aka Maciste The Warrior) Maciste atleta (Maciste the Athlete) (1917) Maciste medium (Maciste the Clairvoyant) (1917) Maciste poliziotto (Maciste the Detective)...
Mole Men Against the Son of Hercules (Italian: Maciste, l'uomo più forte del mondo/ Maciste, the Strongest Man in the World) is a 1961 Italian peplum film...
Son of Samson (Italian: Maciste nella Valle dei Re/ Maciste in the Valley of the Kings, also known as Maciste the Mighty) is a 1960 Italian peplum film...
Hercules Against the Moon Men (Italian: Maciste e la regina di Samar, "Maciste and the Queen of Samar") is a 1964 Franco-Italian international co-production...
craze. Its original title was Ercole, Sansone, Maciste e Ursus gli invincibili (Hercules, Samson, Maciste, and Ursus: the Invincibles). It is also known...
Hercules in the Vale of Woe (Italian: Maciste contro Ercole nella valle dei guai/ Maciste vs Hercules in the Valley of Woe), a.k.a. Hercules in the Valley...
The Invincible Brothers Maciste (Italian: Gli invincibili fratelli Maciste) is a 1964 Italian peplum film written and directed by Roberto Mauri. Two Herculean...
Warrior (1916) Maciste the Policeman (1918) Maciste the Athlete (1918) Maciste on Vacation (1921) The Revenge of Maciste (1921) Maciste and the Silver...
notable for being the first film in which the long-running film character Maciste makes his debut. According to Martin Scorsese, in this work Pastrone invented...
Maciste alla corte del Gran Khan, also known as Samson and the Seven Miracles of the World, and Maciste at the Court of the Great Khan, is a 1961 international...
Colossus and the Headhunters (Italian: Maciste contro i cacciatori di teste, lit. 'Maciste against the head-hunters'), is a 1963 Italian peplum film written...
Hercules Against the Barbarians (Italian: Maciste nell'inferno di Gengis Khan, lit. 'Maciste in Genghis Khan's Hell') is a 1964 Italian peplum film directed...
Hercules Against the Mongols (Italian: Maciste contro i mongoli, lit. 'Maciste Against the Mongols') is a 1963 Italian peplum film directed by Domenico...
Goliath and the Sins of Babylon (Italian: Maciste l'eroe più grande del mondo) is a 1963 peplum film directed by Michele Lupo. The film was released in...
Maciste and Prisoner 51 (German: Maciste und der Sträfling Nr. 51) is a 1923 German silent action film directed by Luigi Romano Borgnetto and starring...
(Italian: Maciste, gladiatore di Sparta) is a 1964 peplum film directed by Mario Caiano and starring Mark Forest and Marilù Tolo. The hero Maciste suffers...
Fire Monsters Against the Son of Hercules (Italian: Maciste contro i mostri) is a 1962 film directed by Guido Malatesta that was filmed in Yugoslavia...
Atlas in the Land of the Cyclops (Italian: Maciste nella terra dei ciclopi) is a 1961 Italian epic adventure film starring Gordon Mitchell and Chelo Alonso...
(Italian: Il trionfo di Maciste) is a 1961 Italian peplum film directed by Tanio Boccia and starring Kirk Morris. Kirk Morris as Maciste Cathia Caro as Antea...
Maciste on Vacation (Italian: Maciste in vacanza) is a 1921 Italian silent adventure film directed by Luigi Romano Borgnetto and starring Bartolomeo Pagano...
Queen (Italian: Zorro contro Maciste) is a 1963 Italian peplum directed by Umberto Lenzi. It was originally made as a Maciste film in Italy, in which the...
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