The Bacchantes (1961)
Le baccanti
The god Dionysus decides to pay a visit to the city of Thebes. Dionysus wants to be the worshiped by the masses, but the kingdom is suffering a horrific drought and the king Pentheus wants instead to sacrifice a virgin to the God Demeter.
- Date of release
- 1961-03-02
- TMDB
- 5.3 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Genres
- Fantasy, Drama
- Director
- Giorgio Ferroni
Casting
- Taina Elg — Dirce
- Pierre Brice — Dionysus
- Alessandra Panaro — Manto
- Alberto Lupo — Pentheus
- Akim Tamiroff — Teiresias
- Raf Mattioli — Lacdanos
- Erno Crisa — Atteon
- Miranda Campa — Agave
- Gérard Landry — Pastore / Shepherd
- Nerio Bernardi — Sumo sacerdote / High Priest
- Enzo Fiermonte — Policrates
- Gianni Di Segni — Slave carrying Water (uncredited)
Interesting facts
The Bacchantes is a 1961 adventure-fantasy film directed by Giorgio Ferroni. It is loosely based on the Euripides' tragedy The Bacchae.
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