The best Ettore Manni’s adventure movies
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Ettore Manni’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about Ettore Manni.
Untamable Angelique
6.5/10
Angelique goes in search of her husband Joffrey de Peyrac who did not die on the stake.
City of Women
6.9/10
A businessman finds himself trapped at a hotel and threatened by women en masse.
Angelique and the Sultan
6.3/10
This film finds Angélique in a North African Muslim kingdom where she is now part of the Sultan's harem. The first part of the film consist of her angrily refusing to be bedded as well as their trying to literally beat some sense into her. It all seems to go on too long and I was surprised that the Sultan simply didn't have her killed. Late in the film, she finally decides to escape with the help of two Christian prisoners.
Hercules and the Captive Women
4.3/10
When strange atmospheric events occur in the disunited city states of Ancient Greece, a forum debates what action to take. As there is no agreement, Androcles King of Thebes seeks the assistance of his friend, the legendary Hercules. Hercules, now married to Deianira with a son named Hylas does not wish to leave the comfort of his family, though Hylas is keen for adventure.
Amazons of Rome
5/10
Marching down the Italian peninsula to sack ancient Rome, Etruscan warrior Drusco instead offers to hold back his onslaught if the Romans hand over hostages, including Clelia, the sexy leader of a clan of woman warriors. But before long, intrigue and betrayal unravel the fragile peace. Directors Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia and Vittorio Cottafavi helm this vintage sword-and-sandal epic.
Hercules and the Masked Rider
4.3/10
In 16th century Spain, Don Francisco reluctantly betroths his daughter, Blanca, to the arrogant Don Ramiro in order to preserve the lands in the family estate. Then Don Juan, Don Francisco's nephew and Blanca's true love, returns from the war in Flanders. Don Juan dons a mask and joins with a gypsy band led by Estella to fight against the forces of Don Ramiro.
Attack of the Normans
5.5/10
An evil duke kidnaps the good king and tries to make the virtuous queen his bride and the peasants take arms.
Revolt of the Slaves
5.4/10
A rich man's daughter (Rhonda Fleming) sides with a Christian rebel during the fall of the Roman Empire.
Ursus and the Tartar Princess
4.5/10
Peplum movie from 1961
Giants of Rome
4.9/10
An elite group of soldiers led by the courageous Claudius Marcellus are handpicked by Julius Caesar to embark on a desperate and dangerous suicide mission to destroy the Druids' secret weapon.
Legions of the Nile
5.3/10
Octavio secretly sent his consul Curridio to Alexandria in a final attempt to reach peace. In the city, he meets Berenice, a mysterious and beautiful dancer who falls in love. Actually, the dancer is the queen Cleopatra who leads a double life using this name.
Hercules, Prisoner of Evil
4.5/10
Hercules battles an evil sorceress who turns men into werewolves. The mythic duo returns in Prisoner of Evil, where a sorceress seduces Herc and transforms him into a mindless beast. Italian horror master Antonio Margheriti directed this installment of the Hercules legend, a blend of sword-and-sandal fantasy and horror.
Cleopatra's Daughter
4.8/10
The beautiful young Sushila is forced into a political marriage with young Pharaoh Nemorat in order to consolidate power. However, the young Pharaoh is beset with mental illness and the marriage becomes dangerous, all the while the chief advisor Kefren and his scheming mistress plot to destroy the unstable pair.
I tre corsari
5.8/10
Adventure film directed by Mario Soldati.
Lo sceicco rosso
4.6/10
Gold for the Caesars
5.4/10
A gladiator gets caught up in a slave revolt and the invasion of England.
Rome Against Rome
4.7/10
A fantastic yarn about a plot to conquer the world with an army of zombies!
Li chiamavano i tre moschettieri... invece erano quattro
Brothers of Italy
Capodistria, 1915. Captain Nazario Sauro, an officer in the Autrian Navy, is one of those patriots who militate for Italy to enter World War I. When he is about to be arrested by the Austrian authorities he chooses to desert. Once in Venice he enlists in the Italian Navy and becomes an officer in a submarine where his perfect knowledge of the coast of Istria proves particularly helpful. But when his submarine runs aground near the island of Munje, he is captured by the Austrians, sentenced to death for high treason and hanged in 1916.
The Pirate of the Black Hawk
4.1/10
Manfred, backed by Saracen pirates, deposes the Duke of Montfort, takes over the throne and kidnapped the Duke's young son. Capt. Riccardo, the leader of a pirate band on the ship Black Hawk, sets out to defeat Manfred and his Saracens and restore the Duke to his rightful place on the throne.
