Massacre in the Black Forest explained

Massacre in the Black Forest
Director:	Ferdinando Baldi Rudolf Nussgruber
Screenplay:	Ferdinando Baldi Adriano Bolzoni Alessandro Ferrau
Starring:	Cameron Mitchell Antonella Lualdi Hans Von Borsody
Music:	Carlo Savina
Cinematography:	Lucky Satson
Editing:	Otello Colangeli
Production Companies:	Debora Film Avala Film Peter Carsten Productions
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Country:	Italy Yugoslavia West Germany

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.

Release

The film was released in 1967.

Footnotes

References

• Book: Kinnard. Roy. Crnkovich. Tony. Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908–1990. Jefferson, NC. McFarland. 978-1-4766-6291-6. 2017.

See also

• In the Shadow of the Eagles (dir. Ferdinando Baldi, 1966), with Cameron Mitchell, Beba Lončar, Dieter Eppler, Peter Carsten
• List of historical drama films
• List of films set in ancient Rome
  • Battle of the Teutoburg Forest

External links

• 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. https://archive.org/details/NoackStefanHermannDerCherusker
  • Trailer on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjqW0hEq14E&list=UUAm4Dsfv4JzhYAE1vwkqG9g