''Maciste against the Sheik'' () is a 1926 Italian silent

adventure film The adventure film is a broad genre of film. Some early genre studies found it no different than the Western film or argued that adventure could encompass all Hollywood genres. Commonality was found among historians Brian Taves and Ian Cameron in ...

directed by

Mario Camerini Mario Camerini (6 February 1895 – 4 February 1981) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Camerini began his career in the film industry in 1920, working for his cousin the director Augusto Genina. Camerini went on to direct his own fi ...

and starring Bartolomeo Pagano, Franz Sala and Felice Minotti. It was part of the long-running

Maciste Maciste () is one of the oldest recurring characters of film, 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 ...

series of Peplum films.Gundle p.44

Plot

Maciste, the legendary Italian strongman portrayed by Bartolomeo Pagano, finds himself in the unforgiving desert landscapes of North Africa, where he must confront a powerful and ruthless sheik who has been terrorizing the local population and disrupting peace in the region. The sheik, known for his cruelty and tyrannical rule over his desert kingdom, has been engaging in various nefarious activities including slave trading, pillaging caravans, and oppressing the indigenous tribes. When Maciste arrives in this troubled land, he quickly becomes aware of the suffering caused by the sheik's reign of terror. Local villagers and tribal leaders appeal to the mighty strongman for help, knowing that only someone of his extraordinary strength and moral courage can stand against such a formidable adversary. The film follows Maciste as he navigates the treacherous political landscape of the desert kingdom, forming alliances with oppressed peoples while preparing for an inevitable confrontation with the sheik and his armed followers. The narrative builds toward a climactic battle between good and evil, with Maciste using both his legendary physical prowess and his cunning to outmaneuver the sheik's forces.

Cast

* Bartolomeo Pagano as Maciste * Franz Sala * Felice Minotti * Cecyl Tryan * Rita D'Harcourt * Arnold Kent * Alex Bernard * Oreste Grandi * Armand Pouget * Mario Saio * F.M. Costa * Michele Mikailoff

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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.

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* 1926 films Italian historical 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 Italian adventure films 1920s Italian films Italian-language historical adventure films {{1920s-adventure-film-stub

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