Hercules Unchained

Hercules Unchained (1959)

Fantasy, Action1 hour and 38 minutes
50%
User score
Description

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.

Pietro Francisci
Director, Screenplay, Story
Ennio De Concini
Screenplay
Aeschylus
Theatre Play
Sophocles
Theatre Play

Actors

Steve Reeves
Steve Reeves
Ercole (Hercules)
Sylva Koscina
Sylva Koscina
Iole, bride of Ercole
Sylvia Lopez
Sylvia Lopez
Queen Onfale, of Lidia
Gabriele Antonini
Gabriele Antonini
Ulisse, son of Laertes
Primo Carnera
Primo Carnera
Anteo, the giant
Patrizia Della Rovere
Patrizia Della Rovere
Penelope
Sergio Fantoni
Sergio Fantoni
Eteocle
Fulvia Franco
Fulvia Franco
Anticlea
Carlo D'Angelo
Carlo D'Angelo
Creonte, High Priest of Thebes
Marisa Valenti
Marisa Valenti
Blond Slave Girl
Mimmo Palmara
Mimmo Palmara
Polinice
Elda Tattoli
Elda Tattoli
Altmea - Mother of Ulisses' Girlfriend
Daniele Vargas
Daniele Vargas
Anfiarao
Andrea Fantasia
Andrea Fantasia
King Laerte
Gino Mattera
Gino Mattera
Orpheo
Aldo Fiorelli
Aldo Fiorelli
Argos - the Shipbuilder
Gianni Loti
Gianni Loti
Sandone - Captain of the Lidian Guard
Cesare Fantoni
Cesare Fantoni
Oedipus - King of Thebes
Ugo Sasso
Ugo Sasso
Polinice's Officer
Angelo Zanolli
Angelo Zanolli
Admeo
Status

Released

Original language

Italian

Budget

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Revenue

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Keywords
greeceguardblack magicrescue missiongreek mythologybrother against brotherstick fightherculesthebespeplum