Hercules and the Forgotten Kingdom
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| German title | Hercules and the Forgotten Kingdom | ||
| Original title | Hercules and the Lost Kingdom | ||
| Country of production | United States | ||
| original language | English | ||
| Publishing year | 1994 | ||
| length | 87 minutes | ||
| Age rating | FSK 12 | ||
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| Director | Harley Cokeliss | ||
| script | Christian Williams | ||
| production | Eric Gruendemann | ||
| music | Joseph LoDuca | ||
| camera | James Bartle | ||
| cut | Jon Koslowsky | ||
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Hercules and the Forgotten Kingdom (Original title: Hercules and the Lost Kingdom ) is an American fantasy film by Harley Cokeliss from 1994. It is the second part of a five-part film series that followed from 1995 to 1999 the television series Hercules .
action
After the demigod Hercules has defeated the giant Gargan in a duel, he is asked by a dying stranger to help the inhabitants of Troy , lost in the fog , who for some unknown reason were chased out of their city by Hera . In order to be able to find the lost city, Hercules sets out to see Queen Omphale , who is said to have the only real compass whose needle always points to Troy. On the way he frees the maiden Deianeira from a human sacrifice ceremony, with whom he goes to the city of the queen. At the royal slave market there, the demigod can be bought for a day by Omphale, from whom he then receives the compass. With the navigation instrument in their luggage, Hercules and Deianeira travel on to the sea, where a blue priest in the name of Heras calls a dragon from the water. The giant sea monster devours the two travelers with a single sip, but inside Hercules can squeeze the heart of the monster until it stops beating, so that after the dragon's death they get into the open and end up on the coast of Troy.
In the nearby forest they are captured by the warrior Telamon from the Trojans, whose king tells them that Deianeira is his daughter and that he had to send her away many years ago because he did not have the heart to do so, as requested by Hera Sacrifice Lindworm. Out of anger at the act of the king, Hera sent the blue priest to his city, who drove the inhabitants from Troy who did not know why it was happening to them. Shortly after his confession, the old King appoints Deianeira as his successor and dies. The new queen then prepares her people to recapture her hometown occupied by the blue priest and his henchmen. On the night before the attack, however, she surrenders herself to the violence of the blue priest, who in return promises to let her people live in Troy without shedding blood, but intends to sacrifice herself to his mistress Hera.
The next morning, Hercules, Telamon, and the Trojans invade Troy through a secret tunnel. Led by Telamon, the Trojans meet the blue priest's henchmen, whereupon a battle ensues. Hercules meanwhile reaches the sacrificial site, destroys the blue priest and snatches Deianeira from the power of the appearing Hera. Angry about this, the goddess hurls the demigod into a far-off land. Meanwhile, the Trojans celebrate their queen and the recapture of Troy, which is awakening to new life.
First broadcast
Hercules and the Forgotten Kingdom premiered in the United States on May 2, 1994 . In Germany, the film first appeared on TV on November 18, 1994 on RTL and in 1995 on video .
synchronization
| actor | role | German speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Kevin Sorbo | Hercules | Ekkehardt Belle |
| Renée O'Connor | Deianeira | Alexandra Ludwig |
| Elizabeth Hawthorne | Queen Omphale | Manuela Renard |
| Robert Trebor | Waylin | Hans-Rainer Müller |
Trivia
The Deianeira character (played by Renée O'Connor ) is not the same character as Hercules' future wife (played by Tawny Kitaen ) from the later films in the series.
criticism
For the lexicon of international film , Hercules and the Forgotten Kingdom was a "fantasy spectacle according to the conventional scheme".
Web links
- Hercules and the Lost Kingdom in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Hercules and the Forgotten Kingdom in the online movie database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hercules and the Forgotten Kingdom - Release Info . imdb.com. Retrieved July 30, 2017.
- ↑ Hercules - Episode Guide . fernsehserien.de. Retrieved July 30, 2017.
- ↑ a b Hercules and the forgotten kingdom. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed July 30, 2017 .
- ↑ Hercules and the Forgotten Kingdom. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous file , accessed on August 1, 2017 .