''Revak the Rebel'' (a.k.a. ''The Barbarians'', a.k.a. ''Rivak the Barbarian'') is a 1960 film set in

Iberia The Iberian Peninsula ( ), also known as Iberia, is a peninsula in south-western Europe. Mostly separated from the rest of the European landmass by the Pyrenees, it includes the territories of peninsular Spain and Continental Portugal, compri ...

in the days leading up to the outbreak of the

Second Punic War The Second Punic War (218 to 201 BC) was the second of Punic Wars, three wars fought between Ancient Carthage, Carthage and Roman Republic, Rome, the two main powers of the western Mediterranean Basin, Mediterranean in the 3rd century BC. For ...

. Jack Palance plays an Iberian prince whose nation and family are so abused by the

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that he turns to the Romans for help in achieving his revenge. This film was adapted for the screen by

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and Martin Rackin from ''The Barbarians'', a novel written by F. Van Wyck Mason (although making significant changes to the plot like renaming the hero from Cealwyn to Revak and turning him from a Cassiterides

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princeThe Pulp Swordsmen: Cealwyn
"Morgan", Cataliahouse.com, 3 May 2015 to an Iberian prince from fictional Penda island, named after Cealwyn's father in the novel). The film also only followed the first half of the bookThe Barbarians
Goodreads. Comment by Morgan Holmes and was directed by Rudolph Maté. The film was a pilot for a projected ninety-minute

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to be called ''The Barbarians'' (as it would cover the whole length of the book) which was never picked and got theatrical release out of the US.Revak the Rebel
Morgan, The Robert E. Howard United Press, 13 April 2010 The film was first released as ''Rivak the Barbarian'' or ''The Barbarians''. ''Revak the Rebel'' was filmed on location in Italy and it cost NBC $750,000, making it the most expensive pilot ever produced (at the time). The film has been released on DVD as ''Revak the Rebel'' by Sinister Cinema, a company specializing on B movies, Z movies, peplums and similar productions.

Plot

Revak is an Iberian prince from Penda, a small island by the Iberian Peninsula, at the time of the Second Punic War. The Carthaginian fleet pillages his homeland and enslaves the surviving native men, including him. After an eventful passage aboard a galley he arrives in Carthage and becomes an elephant driver. He is courted by local noblewomen and a virtuous Roman captive named Valeria, but puts love aside in his obsession with revenge against Carthage. As the best means of obtaining this revenge Revak pledges himself to Rome, which wants hegemony in the

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and shares his desire to see Carthage destroyed.

Cast

* Jack Palance as "Revak" * Milly Vitale as "Cherata" *Deirdre Sullivan as "Valeria" *

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as Varro * Guy Rolfe as Kainus * Richard Wyler as Lycursus

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* {{Rudolph Maté English-language Italian films American historical films Italian historical films 1960 films Films about barbarians Films set in Spain Second Punic War films 1960s historical films Films based on American novels Television films as pilots Television pilots not picked up as a series 1960s American films 1960s Italian films Films scored by Franco Ferrara

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