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Hercules Unchained

Name: Hercules Unchained
Genre: Fantasy, Action
Released: 1959-02-14
Duration: 98 min
Rating: 5.1

★ 5,1 /10 (54 Votes)

1959 IT 98 min

Overview

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.

Stream

Release date

14/02/1959

Votes

Popularity

1.5

Genres

Fantasy Action

Status

Released

Original title

Ercole e la regina di Lidia

Language

Runtime

98 min

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

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Carlo D'Angelo

Creonte, High Priest of Thebes

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Marisa Valenti

Blond Slave Girl

Mimmo Palmara

Polinice

Elda Tattoli

Altmea - Mother of Ulisses' Girlfriend

Daniele Vargas

Anfiarao

Andrea Fantasia

King Laerte

Gino Mattera

Orpheo

Aldo Fiorelli

Argos - the Shipbuilder

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Gianni Loti

Sandone - Captain of the Lidian Guard

Cesare Fantoni

Oedipus - King of Thebes

Ugo Sasso

Polinice's Officer

Angelo Zanolli

Admeo

Sergio Ciani

Megreo - Officer Eating Apple

Aldo Pini

Tifi - Pilot of the Argos

Nando Cicero

Lastene

Willi Colombini

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Fulvio Carrara

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Walter Grant

Aesculapio

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Colleen Bennet

Ballerina at Omphale's Palace

Giuliano Gemma

Melanippo (uncredited)

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Mario Ghignone

Councilor of Eteocles (uncredited)

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Nino Marchetti

Fossore (uncredited)

Fabrizio Mioni

Jason (uncredited)

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_**Married to Sylva but bewitched by Sylvia**_ "Hercules Unchained" (1959) is an Italian/French/Spanish sword & sandal flick in the mold of Kirk Douglas' "Ulysses" (1954). "Hercules Unchained" is more of the same, with a similar plot, i.e. the journeying hero forgets who he is while bewitched by a beautiful babe on some island. “Samson and Delilah” (1949) is the crowning predecessor of the genre. Californian muscleman Steve Reeves plays the titular hero/god to perfection. Reeves is most known for his Hercules role but interestingly only played the part twice, in this film and the first …

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