: Giorgio Ferroni, a veteran of the genre who also directed the highly regarded The Trojan Horse (1961). Starring :
: Ferroni utilized stock footage and flashbacks from his previous film, The Trojan Horse , to give the production a larger sense of scale. Il leone di Tebe (Giorgio Ferroni, 1962)
(internationally known as The Lion of Thebes ) is a notable 1964 Italian-French co-production directed by Giorgio Ferroni . While often cited with various dates due to international release schedules, it belongs to the peak era of the "Peplum" (Sword and Sandal) genre. Production & Creative Team : Giorgio Ferroni, a veteran of the genre
: Following the fall of Troy, Menelaus (Alberto Lupo) and Helen are shipwrecked on the Egyptian coast. : Giorgio Ferroni