Ator, the Fighting Eagle

Ator, the Fighting Eagle (1982)

Ator l'invincibile

He was born to wield the mighty sword of Thoren.

The son of Torren learns of his heritage, goes to avenge the deaths of his fellow villagers, and rescue his sister/love interest from the evil Dakkar and his spider cult.

Date of release
1982-10-07
TMDB
4.0 / 10 (104)
Runtime
1h 32m
Genres
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Director
Joe D'Amato
Collection
Ator Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

Ator, the Fighting Eagle is a 1982 Italian "Sword-and-sandal" adventure-fantasy film directed by Joe D'Amato. It stars Miles O'Keeffe, Sabrina Siani, Ritza Brown, and Edmund Purdom. The story follows the eponymous warrior setting out on a journey to bring his wife Sandra home after her kidnapping by the Spider Cult. It was followed by the sequels Ator 2 – L'invincibile Orion, Iron Warrior, and Quest for the Mighty Sword.

Production

Michele Soavi was hired to write the script for Ator, the Fighting Eagle. He did it in collaboration with Marco Modugno. Both had previously worked together on the film Bambulè (1979) with Modugno as director and Soavi as assistant director. The film was developed under the working title of Fantasy.

Later, the script was revised by José Maria Sanchez and the film's director Joe D'Amato. D'Amato said in an interview that the script was "written by Jose Maria Sanchez", without mentioning Soavi or Modugno. In the credits, the pseudonym "Sherry Russel" was used.

In a statement printed in Nocturno, director Joe D'Amato complained that although Miles O'Keeffe, the actor who played Ator, had a nice athletic physique and was a really nice guy (Italian: un ragazzo d'oro), he recited his lines badly and was behaving listlessly during fight scenes. D'Amato praised the weapons master Franco Ukmar for doing "an incredible job" on him.

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