Oro per i Cesari (1963)

Curiosidades

Gold for the Caesars is a 1963 peplum film starring Jeffrey Hunter and Mylène Demongeot. Originally planned as an American production, the film later became an Italian-French international co-production after the poor box office return of King of Kings. It was shot in Italy in 1962. The film is credited to Andre de Toth in the United States and both de Toth and Sabatino Ciuffini in Italy. Second unit director Riccardo Freda has claimed to have shot the entire film, while De Toth biographies make little input regarding his work on the film. Actress Mylène Demongeot has also backed up that Freda had taken charge on the films set.

Production

Gold for the Caesars was an Italian-French peplum film produced by Joseph Fryd, Bernard Borderie and Freda's friend Attilio Riccio. It featured Jeffrey Hunter and Ron Randell from King of Kings.

The film was based on the 1961 Florence A. Seward novel of the same name.

The film was originally intended to be made by MGM as early as 1961, but was put off after the box-office disappointment of King of Kings (1961).

Fryd took over the production to make it a lower budget production in Europe. This also had the film's story drastically changed from the novel with a greater focus on the action than characterisation.

The film was shot near Terni in 1962. Filming commenced September 1962.

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