Hercules and the Queen of the Amazons
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| German title | Hercules and the Queen of the Amazons |
| Original title | Ercole e la regina di Lidia |
| Country of production | Italy |
| original language | Italian |
| Publishing year | 1959 |
| length | 105 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
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| Director | Pietro Francisci |
| script |
Ennio de Concini Pietro Francisci |
| production |
Ferruccio de Martino Bruno Vailati |
| music | Carlo Savina |
| camera | Mario Bava |
| cut | Mario Serandrei |
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Hercules and the Queen of the Amazons (Original title: Ercole e la regina di Lidia ) was a mythological adventure film that was shot in Italy in 1958 as a sequel to the successful film The Incredible Adventures of Hercules . The film had its Italian premiere on February 14, 1959 and was premiered on March 29, 1960 in the Federal Republic of Germany . In June 2014, the film was released on DVD under the title Hercules Unchained .
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Hercules has a young man, Odysseus, with him, with whom he tries to arrange the succession of Oedipus among his quarreling sons. After tasting the potion of oblivion, Hercules falls for the Amazon queen Omphale. After the night of love, she has her husbands embalmed, which the Argonauts, led by Odysseus, can just save him from. In the meantime, however, Eteocles, one of Oedipus 'sons, has extended the dispute with his brother Polynices to war and taken Hercules' wife Jole hostage. Hercules manages to get to the city through an underground river, where the brothers have gathered for a duel. He can also defeat the troops of General Amphiraos, which were sent to the city by Polyneikos, and thus helps to restore order.
criticism
"(The film) escapes (...) boredom, one waits with open mouth to see whether the bullshit that has been experienced to date can even be exceeded."
"Staged as a great spectacle that offers something to naive astonishment and a lot to unintentional laughter."
Remarks
In the US, the film was marketed by Joseph E. Levine , who had pushed the previous film to an incredible success.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hercules and the Queen of the Amazons at cinema-italiano-db.de
- ↑ a b Hercules and the Queen of the Amazons in the Lexicon of International Films .
- ↑ schnittberichte.com, accessed on June 7, 2014
- ↑ Ronald M. Hahn , Volker Jansen, Norbert Stresau : Lexicon of Fantasy Films. 650 films from 1900 to 1986 . Heyne, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-453-02273-4 .