Hercules Unchained

4.9(51)19591h 38m

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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.

Director

Pietro Francisci

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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

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1 review

Wuchak

5y ago

7.0

_**Married to Sylva but bewitched by Sylvia**_ "Hercules Unchained" (1959) is an Italian/French/Spanish sword & sandal flick in the mold of Kirk Douglas' "Ulysses" (1954). "Hercules Unchained" is more of the same, with a similar plot, i.e. the journeying hero forgets who he is while bewitched by a beautiful babe on some island. “Samson and Delilah” (1949) is the crowning predecessor of the genr...