Hercules Unchained
Ercole e la regina di Lidia
Release: 1959-02-14
·Runtime: 98m
·★ 5.0
Fantasy
Action
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.
Production Countries
France
Italy
Production Companies
Galatea Film
Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France
Lux Film
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Sylva Koscina
as Iole, bride of Ercole
Carlo D'Angelo
as Creonte, High Priest of Thebes
Angelo Zanolli
as Admeo
Willi Colombini
Gabriele Antonini
as Ulisse, son of Laertes
Mimmo Palmara
as Polinice
Ugo Sasso
as Polinice's Officer
Sergio Ciani
as Megreo - Officer Eating Apple
Aldo Pini
as Tifi - Pilot of the Argos
Giuliano Gemma
as Melanippo (uncredited)
Fabrizio Mioni
as Jason (uncredited)
Steve Reeves
as Ercole (Hercules)
Patrizia Della Rovere
as Penelope
Fulvia Franco
as Anticlea
Sergio Fantoni
as Eteocle
Elda Tattoli
as Altmea - Mother of Ulisses' Girlfriend
Primo Carnera
as Anteo, the giant
Andrea Fantasia
as King Laerte
Cesare Fantoni
as Oedipus - King of Thebes
Nando Cicero
as Lastene
Daniele Vargas
as Anfiarao
Sylvia Lopez
as Queen Onfale, of Lidia
Gino Mattera
as Orpheo
Aldo Fiorelli
as Argos - the Shipbuilder
Crew
Mario Bava
Special Effects, Director of Photography, Assistant Director
Massimo De Rita
Production Assistant
Spartaco Conversi
Production Secretary
Flavio Mogherini
Production Design
Sophocles
Theatre Play
Ennio De Concini
Screenplay
Otello Fava
Makeup Artist
Pietro Francisci
Screenplay, Director, Story
Danilo Desideri
Assistant Camera
Aeschylus
Theatre Play