La bataille de Marathon

Original title: La battaglia di Maratona

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A Greek soldier leads the fight against an invading Persian army.A Greek soldier leads the fight against an invading Persian army.A Greek soldier leads the fight against an invading Persian army.

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5.1/10

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Trivia
Director of photography Mario Bava was called to step in as director (uncredited) to finish the film, as Jacques Tourneur did not wish to extend his ten-month contract. Galatea Film decided to reward Bava by giving him a chance to develop his own project as a solo director, Le masque du démon (1960).

Goofs
At 44:17, the stunt rider meant to represent an enemy attacker is much darker than the actor he's doubling.

Crazy credits
[U.S. poster] In Daring Color!

Alternate versions
The version now being seen in the USA was taken from the Lux (French) release version. It has been modified with the main title in English (the remainder of the credits are in French) and the English dialog track. It also contains shots of graphic violence that were deleted from the original US version that was released to theatres by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1960.

Connections
Edited into Alexander the Great (1963)

Hopefully, one day Steve Reeves will get the justice of a really good DVD collection. He deserves no less.

Although not the greatest transfer, this movie is fantastic. The battle scenes are great, particularly the underwater sequences, and they are suitably epic. Add to that a great treacherous villain, a complex femme fatale and a truly heroic central character and you have a great movie. Plus, I have to add the allure of Andromeda to my rating. Now, I'm sure that I am probably reading too much in to it, but, many of the battle scenes really evoked scenes from Saving Private Ryan for me (the bullets driving through the water). Spielberg a peplum fan? With Mario Bava holding the camera, why not?