''Maciste against the Sheik'' (Italian:''Maciste contro lo sceicco'') is a 1926 Italian
silent adventure film directed by
Mario Camerini
Mario Camerini (6 February 1895 – 4 February 1981) was an Italian film director and screenwriter.
The cousin of Augusto Genina, he made the most well-known films in Italy during the 1930s, most of them comedies starring Vittorio De Sica. H ...
and starring
Bartolomeo Pagano
Bartolomeo Pagano (27 September 1878 – 24 June 1947) was an Italian motion picture actor.
Before his cinema career, Pagano was a stevedore who worked at the port of Genoa. There, he was discovered and selected to play the role of Maciste, a m ...
,
Franz Sala and
Felice Minotti
Felice Minotti (19 November 1887 – 21 March 1963) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 91 films between 1908 and 1963.
Selected filmography
* '' The Revenge of Maciste'' (1921)
* '' Maciste on Vacation'' (1921)
* ''The House of Pulci ...
. It was part of the long-running
Maciste series of
Peplum films. At one point Maciste takes part in an underwater fight with a
shark
Sharks are a group of elasmobranch fish characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton, five to seven gill slits on the sides of the head, and pectoral fins that are not fused to the head. Modern sharks are classified within the clade Selachi ...
.
[Gundle p.44]
Cast
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Bartolomeo Pagano
Bartolomeo Pagano (27 September 1878 – 24 June 1947) was an Italian motion picture actor.
Before his cinema career, Pagano was a stevedore who worked at the port of Genoa. There, he was discovered and selected to play the role of Maciste, a m ...
as Maciste
*
Franz Sala
*
Felice Minotti
Felice Minotti (19 November 1887 – 21 March 1963) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 91 films between 1908 and 1963.
Selected filmography
* '' The Revenge of Maciste'' (1921)
* '' Maciste on Vacation'' (1921)
* ''The House of Pulci ...
*
Cecyl Tryan
*
Rita D'Harcourt
*
Arnold Kent
*
Alex Bernard
*
Oreste Grandi
*
Armand Pouget
*
Mario Saio
*
F.M. Costa
*
Michele Mikailoff
Michele (), is an Italian male given name, akin to the English male name Michael.
Michele (pronounced ), is also an English female given name that is derived from the French Michèle. It is a variant spelling of the more common (and identically ...
See also
*''
Samson Against the Sheik
''Samson Against the Sheik'' ( it, Maciste contro lo sceicco, also known as ''Maciste Against the Sheik'') is a 1962 Italian peplum film directed by Domenico Paolella.
In the late 1500s, forces of the Duke of Malaga topple the Sacred Obelisk i ...
'' (1962)
References
Bibliography
* Brunetta, Gian Piero. ''The History of Italian Cinema: A Guide to Italian Film from Its Origins to the Twenty-first Century''. Princeton University Press, 2009.
* Gundle, Stephen. ''Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy''. Berghahn Books, 2013.
* Ricci, Steven. ''Cinema and Fascism: Italian Film and Society, 1922–1943''. University of California Press, 2008.
External links
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1926 films
Italian adventure films
Italian silent feature films
1920s Italian-language films
Films directed by Mario Camerini
1926 adventure films
Maciste films
Italian black-and-white films
Silent adventure films
1920s Italian films
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