Maciste against the Sheik () is a 1926 Italian silent adventure film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Bartolomeo Pagano, Franz Sala, and Felice Minotti. It was part of the long running Maciste series of Peplum films.Gundle p.44
Plot
Maciste, an Italian strongman, faces off against a sheik known for causing trouble in a desert kingdom.
Cast Bartolomeo Pagano as Maciste Franz Sala Felice Minotti Cecyl Tryan Rita D'Harcourt Arnold Kent Alex Bernard Oreste Grandi Armand Pouget Mario Saio F.M. Costa Michele Mikailoff
See also Samson Against the Sheik (1962)
References
Bibliography Brunetta, Gian Piero. The History of Italian Cinema: A Guide to Italian Film from Its Origins to the Twenty-first Century. Princeton University Press, 2009. Gundle, Stephen. Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy. Berghahn Books, 2013. Ricci, Steven. Cinema and Fascism: Italian Film and Society, 1922–1943. University of California Press, 2008.
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