Hercules Unchained

Hercules Unchained

98 mins | Action, Fantasy | Feb. 14, 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.

Hercules Unchained

98 mins | Action, Fantasy | Feb. 14, 1959

Hercules Unchained
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.
IMDb rating 4.6
Producers Lux Film, Galatea Film, Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France
Original title Ercole e la regina di Lidia
Directors Barbara Fusch, Pietro Nuccorini, Pietro Francisci
Writers Aeschylus, Pietro Francisci, Sophocles, Ennio De Concini

Cast

Steve Reeves

as Ercole (Hercules)

Sylva Koscina

as Iole, bride of Ercole

Sylvia Lopez

as Queen Onfale, of Lidia

Gabriele Antonini

as Ulisse, son of Laertes

Primo Carnera

as Anteo, the giant

Patrizia Della Rovere

as Penelope

Sergio Fantoni

as Eteocle

Fulvia Franco

as Anticlea

Carlo D'Angelo

as Creonte, High Priest of Thebes

Marisa Valenti

as Blond Slave Girl

Mimmo Palmara

as Polinice

Elda Tattoli

as Altmea - Mother of Ulisses' Girlfriend

Daniele Vargas

as Anfiarao

Andrea Fantasia

as King Laerte