I could argue without be afraid to commit a mistake that the Italians have stablished the Peplum genre as we know nowadays, they developed own style always focusing in a might hero, bound up on pictures on mythologic figures as Hercules, Maciste, Sanson, Aquiles, Ulysses and so on, instead the Americans often employ a brainy hero, this reheated concept plot about kidnapping and slavery of beauty women from a peaceful kingdom, at behest of powerful Califh Yussuf (Paul Muller) of Nemec Kingdom, somehow in an unknown territory a desert Arabic area, among these have a gorgeous Princess Fatima (Rosalba Neri) that ends up draw attention of tyrannical Yussuf of so angelical beauty already embedding her at his crowed harem.
Later she got flee assisted by harem's girl fed up of so many grievances, on the escaping thru desert Fatima gets shelter in a small oasis with the gently Nadir (Kirk Morris) the grateful girl ends up falling in love at first sight (believe or not) the beguiled Nadir taking her to your safe home at Malik village, Yussuf in advance gets find Fatima whereabouts and recover his bride for an upcoming marriage, worst killing Nadir's father on the raid, he gets together with his buddy attempt to rescue her at Yussuf's palace as jugglers being pushed out for lousy performance, they running away thru desert under a strong sandstorm where the Yussuf's pursuers went back upon menacing plight.
Sadly Nadir's sidekick gonna die on quicksand, (on Desert?) back at home he starts stealing Yussuf 's gold and goods from several caravan crossing the desert aiming for entice the Bedouins to enter at Nadir small army to get stronger to siege Nemec's stronghold to face Yussuf's army on equal terms to release his beloved Fatima until too late, however Yussuf has a ace in the hole for it.
This picture has many fails, kicking off by a fake desert land, instead the producers crossing the Mediterranean Sea to shot at Saara desert, they used a portion of dry land neighbouring, also aside the interior palace really a lavish sets, all external of cities are badly garnished, the battles are slow pace, far-fetched and phony, the soundtrack is worst a sound coming from longer distances echoing by air or something alike, overall an average Peplum, I found a fine print at Youtube with English subtitled in an encrypted Italian language which I'd watched in far off 1984 at TV.
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First watch: 1984 / How many: 1 / Source: TV-Youtube / Rating: 5.25.
