The Throne of Fire (film)

The Throne of Fire
Directed by	Franco Prosperi
Screenplay by	Nino Marino[1]
Story by	Nino Marino Giuseppe Buricchi[1]
Produced by	Ettore Spagnuolo[1]
Starring	Sabrina Siani Pietro Torrisi Harrison Muller, Jr. Beni Cardoso
Cinematography	Guglielmo Mancori[1]
Edited by	Alessandro Lucidi[1]
Music by	Carlo Rustichelli[1]
Production company	Visione Cinematografica[2]
Release date	17 June 1983 (1983-06-17) (Italy)
Running time	89 minutes[1]
Country	Italy[1]

The Throne of Fire (Italian: Il trono di fuoco) is a 1983 Italian film directed by Franco Prosperi, starring Sabrina Siani and Pietro Torrisi.[3] The film is among the peplums of the 1980s to feature a woman as the central character, along with Red Sonja, Hundra and Barbarian Queen.[4]

Production

Parts of Throne of Fire were shot at Bracciano in Rome with interiors shot at De Paolis Studios and Elios studios in Rome.[2] The film reuses the village raid sequence from the 1982 film Barbarian Master.[2]

Release

The Throne of Fire was released on 17 June 1983 in Italy and on 5 June 1986 in the United States.[1]

Reception

In his overview of 1980s action films, Daniel R. Budnik described the film as a "Conan rip-off from Italy" that was closer to "peplum from the late 1950s" and had a similar "meandering feel" that the films of that era had.[5]

References

Footnotes

1. Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 206.
2. Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 207.
3. Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, pp. 206–207.
4. Rushing 2016, p. 133.
5. Budnik 2017, p. 55.

Sources

• Budnik, Daniel R. (2017). '80s Action Movies on the Cheap: 284 Low Budget, High Impact Pictures. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786497416.
• Kinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (2017). Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476662916.
• Rushing, Robert A. (2016). Descended from Hercules: Biopolitics and the Muscled Male Body on Screen. McFarland. ISBN 978-0253022585.

External links

• The Throne of Fire at IMDb