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Hercules Unchained (1959)
Directed by Pietro Francisci
Fantasy, Action · 1h 38m
En route to Thebes for an important diplomatic mission, Hercules drinks from a magic spring and loses his memory. He spends most of the movie in the pleasure gardens of Queen Omphale of Lydia. While young Ulysses tries to help him regain his memory, political tensions escalate in Thebes, and Hercules' new wife Iole finds herself in mortal danger.
Cast
Steve Reeves
Ercole (Hercules)
Sylva Koscina
Iole, bride of Ercole
Sylvia Lopez
Queen Onfale, of Lidia
Gabriele Antonini
Ulisse, son of Laertes
Primo Carnera
Anteo, the giant
Patrizia Della Rovere
Penelope
Sergio Fantoni
Eteocle
Fulvia Franco
Anticlea
C
Carlo D'Angelo
Creonte, High Priest of Thebes
M
Marisa Valenti
Blond Slave Girl
Mimmo Palmara
Polinice
Elda Tattoli
Altmea - Mother of Ulisses' Girlfriend
Crew
- Director
- Pietro Francisci
- Screenplay
- Pietro Francisci, Ennio De Concini
- Director of Photography
- Mario Bava
- Original Music Composer
- Enzo Masetti
- Editor
- Mario Serandrei
- Producer
- Bruno Vailati
Details
- Original title
- Ercole e la regina di Lidia
- Release date
- 1959-02-14
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Genres
- Fantasy, Action
- Original language
- IT
- Spoken languages
- Italian
- Countries
- France, Italy, Spain
- Production
- Galatea Film, Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France, Lux Film