Samson and the 7 Miracles of the World

Samson and the 7 Miracles of the World (1961)

Maciste alla corte del Gran Khan

HE WAS TEMPTATION to a thousand and one women!

Samson must rescue a beautiful Chinese princess from a marauding horde of warriors.

Date of release
1961-10-31
TMDB
6.2 / 10 (10)
Runtime
1h 32m
Genres
Adventure, Fantasy
Director
Riccardo Freda

Casting

Interesting facts

Samson and the Seven Miracles of the World is a 1961 international co-production starring Gordon Scott. The film reused the sets, extras and Yoko Tani as a princess from Marco Polo (1961) and Freda's The Mongols (1961). The film was distributed in the United States by American International Pictures.

Production

After the enormous popular success of Hercules, producers and screenwriters began developing other films about muscular heroes performing amazing feats. Most were drawn from literary figures or the Bible, while Maciste was an Italian creation who first appeared in Cabiria (1914). Producer Ermanno Donati thought of the idea of resurrecting Maciste for new audiences, as his brother Piero Donati explained.

Freda's film Maciste alla corte del Gran Khan was what was called a "film di recupero" in Italy, meaning a recovery film. The film was created in order to earn money from the expensive epic Marco Polo.

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