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Goliath and the Barbarians
Goliath and the Barbarians () is a 1959 Italian peplum loosely based on events of the Lombard invasion of Italy in AD 568. As with many Italian peplums of the time, the English dubbed version renamed some of the characters (for example, "Emiliano" became "Goliath").
Plot.
Set in the 6th century, it follows the start of the Barbarian invasions and deals with one group that attacks a village and destroys anyone and anything that is there. One man,
"Hercules" (1958) became a blockbuster sensation in the film industry, a 1959 Steve Reeves film "Il terrore dei barbari" ("Terror of the Barbarians") was retitled "Goliath and the Barbarians" in the USA. The film was so successful at the box office, it inspired Italian filmmakers to do a series of four more films featuring a generic beefcake hero named Goliath, although the films were not related to each other in any way. (The 1960 Italian peplum "David and Goliath" starring