Hercules Unchained

Feb 14, 1959

1h 38m

★ 4.9

Overview

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.

Genres

Fantasy

Action

Production Companies

Galatea Film

Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France

Lux Film

Hercules Unchained Trailers

Cast

Ercole (Hercules)

Steve Reeves

Iole, bride of Ercole

Sylva Koscina

Queen Onfale, of Lidia

Sylvia Lopez

Ulisse, son of Laertes

Gabriele Antonini

Anteo, the giant

Primo Carnera

Penelope

Patrizia Della Rovere

Eteocle

Sergio Fantoni

Anticlea

Fulvia Franco

Creonte, High Priest of Thebes

Carlo D'Angelo

Blond Slave Girl

Marisa Valenti

Polinice

Mimmo Palmara

Altmea - Mother of Ulisses' Girlfriend

Elda Tattoli

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