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(1959 Film)
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Other Titles For This Movie
Cast:
Steve Reeves as Hercules
Sylva Koscina as Princess Iole, Daughter of Pelias and Bride of Hercules
Gabriele Antonini as Ulysses
Hercules Unchained (1959): The second of two Steve Reeves' Hercules movies. This movie can truly be called a sequel, because it's picking up the adventures of Hercules exactly where he left off from the last film. Hercules with new bride Ioles and his young sidekick Ulysses go to Thebes, where they are to continue Ulysses' training. But some bad things are going on in the once wonderful city of Thebes, and Hercules has to get down to the bottom of it. To further Hercules' problems, he drinks "the waters of forgetfulness" and loses his memory. Suffering from amnesia, Hercules (Ulysses, too) are taken to the palace of an evil enchantress. Lydia the enchantress has Hercules convinced he is her king, and Ulysses tries to tell the legendary demi-god his true identity.
Unlike the previous film, Hercules IS the main star of this film. Everything centers around him as it really should. In "Hercules" from 1958, he pretty much shares the film with Jason of the Argonauts. There is no Jason in this film. From beginning to finish, Hercules is in charge of all the major heroics.
I'd enjoy hearing from anyone who worked in this film. Please CONTACT ME.
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OTHER TITLES FOR THIS MOVIE:
Le Fatiche di Ercole (original Italy title, meaning "The Labors of Hercules")
Hercules (Spain)
Hercules (USA)
Labors of Hercules (International: English title) (literal title)
Los Viajes de Heracles (Spain)
Steve Reeves as Hercules
Sylva Koscina as Princess Iole, Daughter of Pelias and Bride of Hercules
Gabriele Antonini as Ulysses
Hercules Unchained (1959): The second of two Steve Reeves' Hercules movies. This movie can truly be called a sequel, because it's picking up the adventures of Hercules exactly where he left off from the last film. Hercules with new bride Ioles and his young sidekick Ulysses go to Thebes, where they are to continue Ulysses' training. But some bad things are going on in the once wonderful city of Thebes, and Hercules has to get down to the bottom of it. To further Hercules' problems, he drinks "the waters of forgetfulness" and loses his memory. Suffering from amnesia, Hercules (Ulysses, too) are taken to the palace of an evil enchantress. Lydia the enchantress has Hercules convinced he is her king, and Ulysses tries to tell the legendary demi-god his true identity.
Unlike the previous film, Hercules IS the main star of this film. Everything centers around him as it really should. In "Hercules" from 1958, he pretty much shares the film with Jason of the Argonauts. There is no Jason in this film. From beginning to finish, Hercules is in charge of all the major heroics.
I'd enjoy hearing from anyone who worked in this film. Please CONTACT ME.
______________________________________________________________________________
OTHER TITLES FOR THIS MOVIE:
Le Fatiche di Ercole (original Italy title, meaning "The Labors of Hercules")
Hercules (Spain)
Hercules (USA)
Labors of Hercules (International: English title) (literal title)
Los Viajes de Heracles (Spain)