Film
Hercules Unchained
France · Italy · Spain- Age rating
- 12
- Director
- Pietro Francisci
- Year
- 1959
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.
Top cast
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
Daniele Vargas
Anfiarao
Andrea Fantasia
King Laerte
Gino Mattera
Orpheo
Aldo Fiorelli
Argos - the Shipbuilder
Gianni Loti
Sandone - Captain of the Lidian Guard
Cesare Fantoni
Oedipus - King of Thebes
Directed by
Pietro Francisci
Written by
Pietro Francisci, Ennio De Concini
Produced by
Bruno Vailati
