Hercules Unchained

1959 PG-13 1h 38m

5.1 / 10 54

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5.1/10

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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.

Director Pietro Francisci

Writers

Ennio De Concini Pietro Francisci Sophocles

Stars

Steve Reeves Sylva Koscina Sylvia Lopez

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

Creonte, High Priest of Thebes

Altmea - Mother of Ulisses' Girlfriend

Argos - the Shipbuilder

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Gianni Loti

Sandone - Captain of the Lidian Guard

Cesare Fantoni

Oedipus - King of Thebes

Megreo - Officer Eating Apple

Aldo Pini

Tifi - Pilot of the Argos

Ballerina at Omphale's Palace

Giuliano Gemma

Melanippo (uncredited)

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Mario Ghignone

Councilor of Eteocles (uncredited)

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Wuchak 13 Aug 2020

7/10

_**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 genr...