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Goliath and the Barbarians (Italian: Il terrore dei barbari, lit. 'Terror of the Barbarians') is a 1959 Italian peplum film 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").
Goliath and the Barbarians: Directed by Carlo Campogalliani. With Steve Reeves, Chelo Alonso, Bruce Cabot, Giulia Rubini. When barbarians invade his village and kill his father, a local man wages a one-man war against them.
In 568 A.D., Alboyna, the ruthless king of the Longobards, attacks Italy from nearby Pannonia, with barbarian hordes composed of many races. As they descend upon Verona, Count Daniele sends his daughter Sabina to seek help from her brother Emiliano.
An Italian strong man (Steve Reeves) repels a Germanic king's (Bruce Cabot) invaders, except for one's dancing daughter (Chelo Alonso).
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Loosely based around the Lombard invasion of Italy in AD 568, Goliath and the Barbarian is a lively peplum starring the king of the genre, Steve Reeves, and as expected his muscles bulge as he swears revenge on the barbarian who slayed his father, and hence he goes around wearing a cat mask, clobbering any barbarian in sight.
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When barbarians invade his village and kill his father, a local man wages a one-man war against them.
