Hercules against the tyrants of Babylon
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Hercules against the tyrants of Babylon |
| Original title | Ercole contro i tiranni di Babilonia |
| Country of production | Italy |
| original language | Italian |
| Publishing year | 1964 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Domenico Paolella |
| script |
Luciano Martino Domenico Paolella |
| production | Fortunato Misiano |
| music | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino |
| camera | Augusto Tiezzi |
| cut | Jolanda Benvenuti |
| occupation | |
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Hercules against the tyrants of Babylon (original title: Ercole contro i tiranni di Babilonia ) is an Italian sandal film from 1964. Domenico Paolella directed the film with US bodybuilder Peter Lupus in the title role.
action
Babylonian warriors captured Asparia and sold it as a slave. Nobody recognizes the Greek queen in Asparia. Hercules is sent to deliver them. The news of a man who defeated the entire Babylonian forces also reaches the slaves. Asparia can send a message to Hercules about her whereabouts. Three siblings rule Babylon: the beautiful Taneal, the warlike Salman Osar and the conservative Azzur. The Assyrian King Phaleg wants to buy up all the slaves from them. The siblings suspect that Phaleg wants to set up an army of slaves. Taneal can seduce and drug the king. She learns that Phaleg is looking for Asparia. He wants to marry her and unite the two kingdoms.
The siblings are planning an assassination attempt on Phaleg. Hercules learns of the plan and prevents the murder. Hercules swears loyalty to Phaleg and then sets off for Babylon accompanied by Assyrian soldiers. There are disputes among the siblings. Both Salman Osar and Azzur want to marry Asparia. Taneal wants to steal the riches of the city and then destroy them with the help of underground wheels that form the foundation of Babylon.
Hercules can free Asparia and now begins to destroy Babylon himself with the help of the Ferris wheels. Salman Osar kills Azzur, but is then struck dead by debris himself. The Assyrian soldiers now want to bring Asparia to Phaleg, but the queen is taken hostage by Taneal. Phaleg wants to free Asparia with the help of his cavalry and make him his queen, but Hercules and the freed Babylonian slaves oppose him. Hercules kills Phaleg, his soldiers flee. Taneal commits suicide with poison, so Hercules can bring Asparia and the former slaves back to Greece.
Reviews
The lexicon of international films describes the work as a "trivial sandal film based on common patterns, carefree mixing poetry and (historical) truth".
The cinema magazine Cinema rated the film as a respectable spectacle and as upscale trash with entertainment value.
background
The film premiered in Italy on December 25, 1964. It was first released on TV in Germany. On November 15, 1986 it was shown in the former GDR in the DFF , in the Federal Republic it was shown on May 4, 1993 in the ORB . The German version has been shortened by six minutes.
Sal Borgese , Piero Lulli and Pietro Torrisi can be seen in small supporting roles as wrestlers . Jeff Cameron took on a minor supporting role as a soldier, and Andrea Scotti was there as a young shepherd . Arturo Dominici , Gilberto Galimberti and Daniele Vargas play slaves.
Leading actor Peter Lupus used his pseudonym Rock Stevens for this film .
Web links
- Hercules Against the Tyrants of Babylon in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Hercules against the tyrants of Babylon in the dictionary of international films
- various movie posters
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hercules versus the tyrants of Babylon. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed May 13, 2019 .
- ↑ Critique of Cinema