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