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.| Original Title: | Ercole e la regina di Lidia |
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| Status: | Released (1959-02-14) |
| BoxOffice: | $5,450,000 |
| Screen: | Pietro Francisci, Sophocles, Aeschylus |
| Productions: | Galatea Film, Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France, Lux Film |
| Production Countries: | France, Italy |
| Spoken Languages: | Italiano |
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Casts
- 39162: Steve Reeves - Ercole (Hercules)
- 21606: Sylva Koscina - Iole, bride of Ercole
- 204933: Sylvia Lopez - Queen Onfale, of Lidia
- 223794: Gabriele Antonini - Ulisse, son of Laertes
- 939939: Primo Carnera - Anteo, the giant
- 223796: Patrizia Della Rovere - Penelope
- 34596: Sergio Fantoni - Eteocle
Crews
- 223791: Pietro Francisci - Director - Directing
- 223791: Pietro Francisci - Screenplay - Writing
- 99526: Bruno Vailati - Producer - Production
- 931615: Enzo Masetti - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 15132: Mario Serandrei - Editor - Editing
- 98483: Ubaldo Terzano - Camera Operator - Camera
- 25316: Ennio De Concini - Screenplay - Writing
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Reviews
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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 whi ....
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