War Gods of Babylon

Le sette folgori di Assur (English title: War Gods of Babylon) is a 1962 Italian peplum colour^[1] film set in ancient Mesopotamia. The film anachronistically portrays as contemporaries several figures who historically lived hundreds of years apart.

War Gods of Babylon
Directed by	Silvio Amadio
Written by	Gino De Santis Diego Fabbri
Starring	Howard Duff Jocelyn Lane Luciano Marin
Cinematography	Tino Santoni
Edited by	Maurizio Lucidi
Music by	Carlo Savina Angelo Francesco Lavagnino
Release date	1962 (1962)
Running time	88 minutes
Country	Italy
Languages	Italian English

Plot

Mirra, a young girl whose parents were killed by the Assyrians, was found by Zoroaster, messenger of the gods, near her slaughtered people. He leads her to Nineveh ruled by King Sardanapalus. A love is born between her and Shammash, brother of the king. Sardanapalus loves her too and realizing that this passion could create discord with his brother appoints Shammash king of Babylon and sends him there with Mirra. The situation, however, exacerbates and magnifies their division until Assyria and Babylon are at war with each other. Eventually Sardanapulus offends the gods, resulting in a divine flood that destroys Assyria.

Cast

• Howard Duff as Sardanapalus
• Jocelyn Lane as Mirra
• Luciano Marin as Sammash
• Giancarlo Sbragia as Arbace
• Arnoldo Foà as Zoroaster
• Stelio Candelli as Hammurabi
• José Greci as Crisia

See also

• List of historical drama films and series set in Near Eastern and Western civilization
• I Am Semiramis (1963)