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