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

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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
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 Shammach king of Babylon and sends him there with Mirra.

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)

External links

• War Gods of Babylon at IMDb

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