Siege of Syracuse (film)

Siege of Syracuse (Italian: L'assedio di Siracusa) is a 1960 historical drama film about the Roman Siege of Syracuse, which took place between 213 and 212 B.C., during the Second Punic War with Carthage.

Siege of Syracuse
Directed by	Pietro Francisci
Written by	Ennio De Concini Giorgio Graziosi Pietro Francisci
Cinematography	Carlo Carlini
Edited by	Nino Baragli
Music by	Angelo Francesco Lavagnino
Release date	1960 (1960)
Language	Italian

The film was directed by Pietro Francisci.

Cast

• Rossano Brazzi as "Archimedes"
• Tina Louise as "Diana / Artemide / Lucrezia"
• Sylva Koscina as "Clio"
• Enrico Maria Salerno as "Gorgia"
• Gino Cervi as "Gerone"
• Alberto Farnese as "Marcus Claudius Marcellus"
• Luciano Marin as "Marco"
• Alfredo Varelli as "Kriton"
• Walter Grant as "Tiresias"
• Mara Lombardo as "Selinonte Dancer"

Reception

Dave Sindelar called the film "un-even".^[1] The film was criticized for a lack of historical accuracy.^[2]

See also

• List of historical drama films
• List of films set in ancient Rome