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The Bacchantes (1961)
Directed by Giorgio Ferroni
Fantasy, Drama · 1h 42m
The god Dionysus decides to pay a visit to the city of Thebes. Dionysus wants to be the worshiped by the masses, but the kingdom is suffering a horrific drought and the king Pentheus wants instead to sacrifice a virgin to the God Demeter.
Cast
Taina Elg
Dirce
Pierre Brice
Dionysus
Alessandra Panaro
Manto
Alberto Lupo
Pentheus
Akim Tamiroff
Teiresias
Raf Mattioli
Lacdanos
Erno Crisa
Atteon
Miranda Campa
Agave
Gérard Landry
Pastore / Shepherd
Nerio Bernardi
Sumo sacerdote / High Priest
Enzo Fiermonte
Policrates
Gianni Di Segni
Slave carrying Water (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- Giorgio Ferroni
- Screenplay
- Giorgio Ferroni, Giorgio Stegani
- Director of Photography
- Pier Ludovico Pavoni
- Original Music Composer
- Mario Nascimbene
- Editor
- Giorgio Ferroni
- Producer
- Gaetano Ciccarone
Details
- Original title
- Le baccanti
- Release date
- 1961-03-02
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Genres
- Fantasy, Drama
- Original language
- IT
- Spoken languages
- Italian
- Countries
- France, Italy
- Production
- Vic Film, Societé Cinématographique Lyre