Niebelungen Part 1: Whom the Gods Wish to Destroy (1966)

Original title: Die Nibelungen, Teil 1 - Siegfried

Fantasy. West Germany/Yugoslavia. Starring Uwe Beyer, Rolf Henniger, Maria Marlow, Terence Hill, Hans von Borsody, Samson Burke & Fred Williams. Directed by Harald Reinl.

Video Alsen (Greece). English dubbed. Widescreen.

Visually imaginative and quite good Niebelungen adaption. But of course it's no match for the more poetic Fritz Lang silent version which, despite being made 40 years ealier, is better in every aspect, even in the special-FX department. Anyway, does anyone have part 2 of this thing? 3/5

Massacre in the Black Forest (1967)

Original title: Hermann der Cherusker - Die Schlacht im Teutoburger Wald

Peplum. West Germany/Italy. Starring Hans von Borsody, Cameron Mitchell, Antonella Lualdi & Beba Loncar. Directed by Ferdinando Baldi & Rudolf Nussgruber (uncredited).

World Home Centre Video (Holland). English dubbed. Fullscreen.

Massacre in the Black Forest (1967)

Original title: Hermann der Cherusker - Die Schlacht im Teutoburger Wald

Peplum. West Germany/Italy. Starring Hans von Borsody, Cameron Mitchell, Antonella Lualdi & Beba Loncar. Directed by Ferdinando Baldi & Rudolf Nussgruber (uncredited).

Sunrise Tapes (Holland). English dubbed. Letterboxed.

Buffalo Bill, Hero of the Far West (1965)

Original title: Buffalo Bill, L'eroe del Far West

Western/Adventure. Italy/France/West Gerany. Starring Gordon Scott,Mario Brega, Piero Lulli, Hans von Borsody & Ingeborg Schöner. Directed by Mario Costa.

Salut (Denmark). Selltape. English dubbed. Fullscreen. Not the best looking print.

Generally considered the first spaghetti western, this plays much more like an adventure film. Not so strange considering the director is adventure expert Mario Costa, the casting of peplum star Gordon Scott and the fact that Leone hadn't hit us with his "dollar" films yet. Some people go into this hoping for something Leone-essque and are dissapointed when they get an innocent adventure film in western settings. But for me who likes adventure it's a surprisingly well-crafted and all around fun film... one of Costa's best! 4/5

Conqueror of Maracaibo (1961)

Original title: Il conquistatore di Maracaibo

Pirate yarn. Spain/Italy/Germany. Starring Hans Von Borsody, Helga Liné & Carlo Tamberlani. Directed by Eugenio Martín.

Breien Video (Sweden). English dubbed. Fullscreen.

Enjoyable if pretty standard pirate yarn. If I remember correctly this one had not only one, but TWO comic midget sidekicks! 3/5