Massacre in the Black Forest

Massacre in the Black Forest (German: Hermann der Cherusker – Die Schlacht im Teutoburger Wald) is a 1967 historical drama film set on the northeast frontier of the Roman Empire facing the area of Germania in A.D. 9. The film centers on Arminius, a chieftain of the Cherusci Germanic tribe (in what is now Lower Saxony), who drew three Roman legions into an ambush in the Teutoburg Forest, known as the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest.

Massacre in the Black Forest
Directed by
Screenplay by
Starring
Music byCarlo Savina[1]
CinematographyLucky Satson [1]
Edited byOtello Colangeli[1]
Production
companies
  • Debora Film
  • Avala Film
  • Peter Carsten Productions[1]
Release date
  • 1967 (1967) (Italy)
  • 3 February 1977 (1977-02-03) (West Germany)
Country
  • Italy
  • Yugoslavia
  • West Germany[1]

Cast

Release

The film was released in 1967.[1]

Footnotes

References

  • Kinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (2017). Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908–1990. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-6291-6.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

See also

  • Stefan Noack: "Gebt mir meine Millionen wieder!" Der Spielfilm "Hermann der Cherusker" als Beispiel einer multinationalen Varusschlacht-Adaption in den 1960er u. 1970er Jahren, Berlin 2012.
  • Massacre in the Black Forest at IMDb
  • Trailer on YouTube


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