Maciste, the son of Hercules

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Movie
German title Maciste, the son of Hercules
Original title Maciste nella terra dei ciclopi
Country of production Italy
original language Italian
Publishing year 1961
length 98 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Antonio Leonviola
script Oreste Biancoli
Gino Mangini
production Luigi Carpentieri
Ermanno Donati
music Carlo Innocenzi
camera Riccardo Pallottini
cut Mario Serandrei
occupation

Maciste the son of Hercules (original title: maciste nella terra the Cyclops ) is an Italian mythological adventure movie , the Antonio Leon Viola 1961 staged. It had its German premiere on September 22nd of this year.

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The Queen of Sadok, Capys, is cursed by Circe: only when the descendants of Odysseus have all been thrown to the Cyclops can she love again. Your henchmen can kill the penultimate of these descendants, King Agisander; his son and a follower can flee to the mountains. There they meet the strong Maciste, who sets off for Sadok, where he is exposed to lies, deceit and intrigue until Capys falls in love with him. She uses a meeting to incapacitate him with a sleeping potion and to coax him into the hiding place of the child.

Ifitos, a subordinate of Capys, is prevented by Maciste at the last second from sacrificing the child to the Cyclops. During the fight between the two and the Cyclops, Capys is killed, Maciste uses muscle power to bring down the Cyclops' cave.

criticism

The film service wrote at the time: "The colorfully illustrated morality with the good-natured protector of widows and orphans at the center of such exhilarating acts of strength would be quite adventurous film fun for children."

“With its limited technical means, the film follows the familiar patterns of such mythological stripes with some charm; good colors. ”stated Segnalazioni Cinematografiche .

Remarks

Gordon Mitchell's first Italian film applied in response to a newspaper advertisement.

The international title was Atlas against the cyclops .

In some studies on the subject of "Racism in Film", the film receives particular attention through the scene in which Maciste has to keep his balance in the middle of a tug-of-war between black and white slaves over a lions' den.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ quoted from: Ronald M. Hahn / Volker Jansen, Norbert Stresau : Lexikon des Fantasyfilms, Munich 1985, pp. 316/7
  2. ↑ Vol. 50, 1961
  3. ↑ Richard Dyer: White. 1997, p. 179; Harry Stecopoulos, Michael Uebel: Race and the subject of masculinities. 1997, p. 307