| Protagonist
of tens of films, from the silent period to the apotheosis of the sixties,
Maciste is one of the brawny heroes to have occupied most metres of celluloid.
As early as 1914 he appeared in Giovanni Pastrone’s Cabiria,
one of the most famous peplums in the history of film. On this occasion,
Maciste appears in 17th century Scotland to try and save from death the
descendant of a witch burned at the stake who made a curse still existing
today. On seeing the youngster, the locals think the witch is back and
decide to kill her. To right the wrong, Maciste has no other choice but
to make his way down into hell and finish off the witch. Second movie
in the series directed by Riccardo Freda and starring Kirk Morris, born
Adriano Bellini. |
