Die Vernichtung des Dschingis Khan

When the Mongols invade Europe, they are defeated at Krakow for the first time after many victories. Kubilai (Ken Clark), the responsible commander, asks his emperor Genghis Khan for a second chance. Kubilai has two ideas how to avoid another defeat. First, he wants to eliminate Maciste (Hercules in the American dubbed version), the hero of the Polish people, played by Mark Forest. And then, Kubilai holds a prisoner who reveals an important secret: the princess and future queen of Poland lives in a village under false identity. The Mongols want to capture her, but of course, Maciste is a guardian to any maiden in distress...

Mark Forest, I reckon, is one of the best peplum stars- he's charismatic and acts well, and I enjoyed the films I have seen, but unfortunately this one that sees him pit against the Genghis Khan is quite muddled, tedious, and incoherent - it's has some ok fights. There's is an inventive and gruesome way the villain gets killed - a spear gate comes down on him, piercing through. Ouch! The women adds some much needed glamour.