Directed by:
Sergio LeoneCinematography:
Antonio L. BallesterosComposer:
Angelo Francesco LavagninoCast:
Rory Calhoun, Lea Massari, Alfio Caltabiano, Nello Pazzafini, George Rigaud, Georges Marchal, Mimmo Palmara, Carlo Tamberlani, Ángel Aranda (more)Plots(1)
A Greek military hero named Darios visits his uncle in Rhodes in the year 280 BC. Rhodes has just finished constructing an enormous colossus of Apollo to guard its harbor and is planning an alliance with Phoenicia which would be hostile to Greece. Darios flirts with the beautiful Diala, daughter of the statue's mastermind, while becoming involved with a group of rebels headed by Peliocles. These rebels seek to overthrow the tyrannical King Serse as does Serse's evil second-in-command, Thar. The rebels' revolt seems to fail, with Peliocles and his men being captured and forced to provide amusement in the local arena, until an earthquake hits. (official distributor synopsis)
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