..Evil plans -...Passion""s urge knows no conscience and various its ways to betrayal.Sanderson induces Anna to marry secretly before going home.In a mock/faked marriage ceremony, the city slicker dupes the virtuous heroine into believing that they are married.He ordered one of his lowly servants to ride to Capua o call out the garrison.A major slave-revolt and bloody rebellion ensued, with all of the gladiatorial-trainee/slaves, with their advanced combat skills, able to defeat their captors and escape from their confines o flee into the Italian countryside on foot and on horseback.It mixed many sources in its eclectic delivery: Biblical Old Testament references (e.g., The Tower of Babel, Moloch), the skyline of Manhattan (inspired by Lang""s 1924 visit), H.G.Wells"" 1895 novelThe Time Machine, Art Deco designs of the 1920s, the angular sets, labyrinthine passages, and bold lighting ofThe Cabinet of Dr.Before the US Congress"" hearings to be held by Senator Finch, she conducted a press conference to invite and summon Superman o testify the following day at the US Capitol, and to explain his various acts of vigilantism.The ultra-low budget, nightmarish film was shot in grainy 35 mm black-and-white with natural lighting and hand-held cameras to accentuate the visceral fear facing the besieged farmhouse occupants.