Maciste against the Sheik

1926 film

Maciste against the Sheik (Italian: Maciste contro lo sceicco) is a 1926 Italian silent adventure film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Bartolomeo Pagano, Franz Sala and Felice Minotti. It was part of the long-running Maciste series of Peplum films.^[1]

Plot

At one point Maciste takes part in an underwater fight with a shark.

Cast

• Bartolomeo Pagano as Maciste
• Franz Sala
• Felice Minotti
• Cecyl Tryan
• Rita D'Harcourt
• Arnold Kent
• Alex Bernard
• Oreste Grandi
• Armand Pouget
• Mario Saio
• F.M. Costa
• Michele Mikailoff

See also

• Samson Against the Sheik (1962)

References

1. Gundle p.44

Bibliography

• Brunetta, Gian Piero. The History of Italian Cinema: A Guide to Italian Film from Its Origins to the Twenty-first Century. Princeton University Press, 2009.
• Gundle, Stephen. Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy. Berghahn Books, 2013.
• Ricci, Steven. Cinema and Fascism: Italian Film and Society, 1922–1943. University of California Press, 2008.

External links

• Maciste against the Sheik at IMDb