Siege of Syracuse (film)

1960 film

Siege of Syracuse

Directed by| Pietro Francisci
Written by|

* Ennio De Concini
* Giorgio Graziosi
* Pietro Francisci

Cinematography| Carlo Carlini
Edited by| Nino Baragli
Music by| Angelo Francesco Lavagnino

Release date

* 1960 (1960)

Language| Italian

Siege of Syracuse (Italian: L'assedio di Siracusa) is a 1960 historical drama film about the Roman Siege of Syracuse, which took place between 213 and 212 B.C., during the Second Punic War with Carthage.

The film was directed by Pietro Francisci.

## Cast

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* Rossano Brazzi as "Archimedes"
* Tina Louise as "Diana / Artemide / Lucrezia"
* Sylva Koscina as "Clio"
* Enrico Maria Salerno as "Gorgia"
* Gino Cervi as "Gerone"
* Alberto Farnese as "Marcus Claudius Marcellus"
* Luciano Marin as "Marco"
* Alfredo Varelli as "Kriton"
* Walter Grant as "Tiresias"
* Mara Lombardo as "Selinonte Dancer"

## Reception

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Dave Sindelar called the film "un-even".[1] The film was criticized for a lack of historical accuracy.[2]

## See also

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* List of historical drama films
* List of films set in ancient Rome

## References

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1. ^ Sindelar, Dave (2018-09-02). "The Siege of Syracuse (1960)". Fantastic Movie Musings and Ramblings. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
2. ^ "Archimedes – Löwe von Syrakus - Hannes' Filmarchiv". www.yllr.net. Retrieved 2021-01-03.

## External links

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* Siege of Syracuse at IMDb

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Films directed by Pietro Francisci

* La mia vita sei tu (1934)
* I Met You in Naples (1946)
* Christmas at Camp 119 (1947)
* Anthony of Padua (1949)
* The Lion of Amalfi (1950)
* The Wonderful Adventures of Guerrin Meschino (1951)
* The Queen of Sheba (1952)
* Attila (1954)
* Roland the Mighty (1956)
* Hercules (1958)
* Hercules Unchained (1959)
* The Warrior Empress (1960)
* Siege of Syracuse (1960)
* Hercules, Samson and Ulysses (1964)
* Star Pilot (1966)
* Sinbad and the Caliph of Baghdad (1973)

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