He spends most of the movie in the pleasure gardens of queen omphale of lydia. Based on the story of hercules an d omphalekind of. Ive just watched the french dvd of hercules 1958 and the colors are quite strong for most of the duration but they fade a bit towards the ending. Elke sommer known people famous people news and biographies. But if youve been addicted to these things since you were a school kid, this one is recommended if only for the english dubbed dialogue, a mixture of.
Also starring sylvia lopez, gabriele antonini, sylva koscina, sergio fantoni. Hercules unchained is a 1959 italianfrench epic fantasy feature film starring steve reeves. But hellanicus of lesbos says that when hercules was driving the cattle of geryon to argos a calf escaped from the herd, while he was by now travelling through italy, and in its flight traversed the whole coast and, swimming over the strait of sea in between, reached sicily. The next year he made the sequel, 408hercules unchained. The italian main title cocredits ioles song to tito manzese. Hercules unchained directed by pietro francisci 1960 color 96 min. Sylvia koscina was now back as hercules wife iole and the film tells about their adventures in lydia and how that countries queen wants hercules for her own. High definition upload of le fatiche di ercole english.
Hercules unchained, format is xvid avi website needs to add xvid to format types, is way better than divx second and last film with steve reeves as hercules our favorite hunky hercules actor. Tagged 1960s, english, french, italian, italy, peplum join fboom premium to get fast unlimited downloading experience all categories action adventure animation asian asian erotica classic erotica classic porn comedy crime documentary drama fantasy foreign lang horror incest mystery newage erotica newage porn romance scifi sex education short. But for 60 years i wanted to know who voiced steve reeves as hercules in the only two films ever made. Hercules unchained simple english wikipedia, the free. Beware, you are proposing to add brand new pages to the wiki along with your edits. Steve reeves was the ultimate hercules and was the actor who set the stage for the look and action of all hercules movies from the 1950s to today. Sylva koscina many remembered as iola of the paintings hercules hercules of 1958, and hercules unchained hercules unchained 1960.
Jun 30, 2015 high definition upload of le fatiche di ercole english. This is a list of films that feature the greek divine hero hercules andor his son, ursus. By 1960, reeves was the number one box office draw in 25 countries. Hercules unchained is a 1959 italianfrench epic fantasy feature film. Hercules hercules unchained double feature includes 2 movies, 2 cartoons and old tv commercials. This film is an important artifact of americas past pop culture, to bad it has. In addition, silva played opposite paul newman paul newman in the film the secret war of harry frigga the secret war of harry frigg.
The film was the third most popular movie at the british box office in 1960. His fulltime acting career would continue until a shoulder injury while filming a stunt would force him to stop in the late 1960s. While negotiating peace between two brothers contesting the throne of thebes, an amnesiac hercules is seduced by the evil queen omphale. Title hercules unchained year 1960 distributors warner pathe ltd classified dates 1905 1960 submitted run time 96m 45s approved footage 8708 bbfc reference. Hercules and the queen of lydia is an italian french epic fantasy feature film starring steve reeves and sylva koscina. The film spawned a 1959 sequel, hercules unchained. Hercules hercules unchained double feature dvd 1958. Hercules unchained wasnt greeted with much more respect by the critics than was steve reeves previous film, hercules. This edit will also create new pages on comic vine for. Hercules unchained 1959 cast and crew hercules steve reeves returns to greece with his bride, iole sylva koscina, and their young companion, ulysses gabriele antonini, after a number of.
The labours of hercules is a 1958 italian peplum film based upon the hercules and the quest for the golden fleece myths. Hercules unchained on imdb hercules unchained is available for free download at the internet archive. She also played paul newmans romantic interest in the secret war of. But for a few short years, the genre was the bright centre of the cinematic universe, at least in italy, and to a lesser extent in the rest of the western world. When is an exemplary fully restored and digitally remastered enhanced anamorphic widesceen dvd or bluray edition of hercules 1959 and hercules unchained 1960 starring legendary muscleman steve reeves ever going to. Both made by italian writerdirector pietro francisci. If youve never experienced one of these cheesy italian imports before, this is probably not the place to begin try hercules unchained 1960 or hercules and the captive women 1961 instead. Jan 29, 2015 the english title was hercules unchained. Nov 23, 2016 while travelling, hercules is asked to intervene in a quarrel between two brothers, eteocles and polynices, over who should rule thebes. Hercules unchained british board of film classification.
Hercules unchained sticking to the original story written by sophocles over 2000 years ago, hercules unchained follows the continued adventures of the strongest man who ever lived. While travelling, hercules is asked to intervene in a quarrel between two brothers, eteocles and polynices, over who should rule thebes. This was an italianfrench coproduction and as with the italianspanish westerns of the late 1960 s the first of such multiple country enterprises. The character was resurrected when the swordandsandal epic italian movies suddenly became very popular in the late 1950s, due mostly to steve reeves performance as hercules see 408 hercules unchained. The muscular hercules performs his labors, sails with the argonauts, and romances the fair iole.
Directors piero francisci cast includes steve reeves, sylva koscina, primo carnera, sylvia lopez, patrizia della rovere, carlo dangelo. Hercules and yollie travel back to greece with ulysses to visit his hercs home of thebes. Then a fight scene with a bully on the road to thebes. While trying to deliver a treaty to prevent the war, hercules drinks from the fountain of forgetfulness and is seduced by the evil omphale. Steve reeves returns as hercules in this 1960 movie. The direct sequel to hercules, once again starring steve reeves and sylva koscina. The character was resurrected when the swordandsandal epic italian movies suddenly became very popular in the late 1950s, due mostly to steve reeves performance as. This 1970 film stars arnold schwarzenegger in his first acting role. The english is quite low and theres a constant hum underneath the music dialogue. It was a success and a sequel hercules unchained followed. Steve reeves second and last film portrayal of hercules is, in certain ways, better than his first. Ce dvd ne pourra probablement pas etre visualise en europe. Download hercules unchained 1959 dvdrip xvidfico torrent or any other torrent from category.
Hercules, his wife yolais, ulysses, and crew head out to thebes. An avi of this movie is available here on the archive. The success of hercules and hercules unchained spawned a new action genre known as the swordandsandal epic. The movie opens with hercules, his new bride iole sylva koscina, and the young. The film was also featured in an episode of mystery science theater 3000. Strong yet sleepy hercules discovers that the queen of atlantis is plotting to take over the world with superhuman warriors. Today, january 8, 2019, i finally know the real voice of hercules. The films italian title means hercules and the queen of lydia. Hercules made reeves an international film star and effectively paved the way for the dozens of 1960s sword and sandal flicks featuring oiled bodybuilders as mythological heroes and gladiators.
Hercules must leave iole in the hands of one side in order to try and settle the dispute between the two wouldbe kings. The journey starts off with a song from hercs wife. Levine bought the distribution rights to both movies which had great box office receipts, and reeves became an international star. Hercules an italian epic fantasy feature film released in italy in 1958 based upon the hercules. The film stars steve reeves as the titular hero and sylva koscina as his love interest princess iole. These delightfully quirky fantasyadventures are typically set in the ancient world, and follow the exploits of the main character as. Before he can complete this task, hercules drinks from a. The film was released in italy november 1959 and on july 17, 1960 in the united states four days after hercules. Reeves would go on to reach global acclaim for his work in italian movies including 1957s hercules and 1959s hercules unchained. Hercules was directed by pietro francisci and produced by federico teti. Though watching italian movies can take a little getting used to, mainly due to the editing practices, in addition to. Download hercules unchained 1959 dvdrip xvidfico torrent. Before sylvester stallone and arnold schwarzenegger there was only one muscle man movie star and that was steve reeves. Reeves physique landed him the title role in 1957s 502hercules made in italy, a huge success throughout europe.
Hercules unchained 1959 action adventure fantasy youtube. When is an exemplary fully restored and digitally remastered enhanced anamorphic widesceen dvd or bluray edition of hercules 1959 and hercules unchained 1960 starring legendary muscleman steve reeves ever going to see the. Two rival kings are battling for control of the city of thebes and its up to the mighty hercules to help decide who becomes the rightful ruler. Hercules returns to thebes to find the land on the brink of civil war. And that short period in the early 1960s all started with one single film, hercules with the muscular steve reeves in the title role. Hercules unchained is a 1959 peplum movie starring steve reeves. You can find out more about this movie on its imdb page. Hercules unchained has been broadcast on american television, and is available in both vhs and dvd formats.
No one else seems to have an interest so i may as well start it. Ivan matkovskiy born silva koshchinon in zagreb, yugoslavia zagreb, yugoslavia. With steve reeves, sylva koscina, fabrizio mioni, ivo garrani. I saw this movie in 1960 at the show when i was 9 years old. With reg park, fay spain, ettore manni, luciano marin. It was composed mostly of reedited stock footage from reg parks two 1961 hercules films, hercules at the conquest of atlantis and hercules in the haunted world.
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