Hercules Unchained (1959)
Ercole e la regina di Lidia
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.
- Date of release
- 1959-02-14
- TMDB
- 5.0 / 10 (58)
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Genres
- Fantasy, Action
- Director
- Pietro Francisci
- Collection
- Hercules (Pietro Francisci) Collection
Casting
- 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 — Penelope
- Sergio Fantoni — Eteocle
- Fulvia Franco — Anticlea
- Carlo D'Angelo — Creonte, High Priest of Thebes
- Marisa Valenti — Blond Slave Girl
- Mimmo Palmara — Polinice
- Elda Tattoli — Altmea - Mother of Ulisses' Girlfriend
Recommended
- Hercules in the Haunted World 1961 · ★ 6.6
- Hercules and the Lost Kingdom 1994 · ★ 6.0
- The Sorcerer's Apprentice 2010 · ★ 6.1
- Mythica: A Quest for Heroes 2014 · ★ 5.8
- Jason and the Argonauts 1963 · ★ 7.2
- Ulysses 1954 · ★ 6.6
- Hercules 1997 · ★ 7.5
- Conan the Destroyer 1984 · ★ 6.1
- Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas 2003 · ★ 7.1
- The Dark Crystal 1982 · ★ 7.2
- Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief 2010 · ★ 6.2
- Hercules and the Amazon Women 1994 · ★ 5.8