Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic

"The history of the peplum genre, known as sword-and-sandal cinema, set in Antiquity, from the silent film era to the present day."

Cast

Julien Bocher

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Hervé Lacroix

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Damien Boisseau

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Douglas Wick

as Self - Film Producer

David Franzoni

as Self - Screenwriter

Laurent Aknin

as Self - Historian

Pierre Baron

as Self - Historian

Claude Aziza

as Self - Historian

Floren Fourcart

as Self - Historian

Lou Ferrigno

as Self - Actor

John Milius

as Self - Filmmaker

Oliver Stone

as Self - Filmmaker

Michael Douglas

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

Russell Crowe

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

Ridley Scott

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Charlton Heston

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

Cecil B. DeMille

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Henri Chrétien

as Self - Inventor (archive footage)

William Wyler

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Steve Reeves

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

Elizabeth Taylor

as Self - Actress (archive footage)

Arnold Schwarzenegger

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

Crew

Guillaume Tunzini

Director of Photography

Aurélien Bony

Sound Mixer

Heike Lettau

Producer

Jean-Yves Charpin

Director of Photography

Maximilien Mathevon

Original Music Composer

Jérôme Korkikian

Writer

Olivier Korkikian

Editor

Christophe Joly

Sound Engineer

Olivier Virmont

Sound Engineer

Caroline Laub

Producer

Fabien Husson

Producer

Jérôme Korkikian

Director

Nathalie Ducrin

Producer

Franck Firmin Guion

Delegated Producer

Arnaud Lambert

Color Grading

Radia Bouzid

Post Production Supervisor

Romain Debord

Post Production Supervisor

Andrea Prokesova

Researcher