Hercules Unchained
50 %|Feb 14, 1959|Fantasy, Action
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.
Featured Crew
Ubaldo Terzano
Camera Operator
Mario Serandrei
Editor
Ennio De Concini
Screenplay
Pietro Francisci
Screenplay
Pietro Francisci
Director
Bruno Vailati
Producer
Enzo Masetti
Original Music Composer
Mario Bava
Special Effects
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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
Daniele Vargas
Anfiarao
Andrea Fantasia
King Laerte
Gino Mattera
Orpheo
Aldo Fiorelli
Argos - the Shipbuilder
Gianni Loti
Sandone - Captain of the Lidian Guard
Cesare Fantoni
Oedipus - King of Thebes
Ugo Sasso
Polinice's Officer
Angelo Zanolli
Admeo
Sergio Ciani
Megreo - Officer Eating Apple
Aldo Pini
Tifi - Pilot of the Argos
Nando Cicero
Lastene
Walter Grant
Aesculapio
Colleen Bennet
Ballerina at Omphale's Palace
Giuliano Gemma
Melanippo (uncredited)
Mario Ghignone
Councilor of Eteocles (uncredited)
Nino Marchetti
Fossore (uncredited)
Fabrizio Mioni
Jason (uncredited)