Perseo l'invincibile (1963)

Country of Origin: Italy / Spain
Year of Production: 1963
Running Times: 82 mins (Spain)     90 mins (Italy)     95 mins
Format: Eastmancolor     35mm     CinemaScope
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Cineproduzione Emo Bistolfi / Copercines, Cooperativa Cinematográfica
Production Manager: José Luis Jerez Aloza

SCRIPT
Italian Version Script: Mario Caiano, Alberto De Martino, Ernesto Gastaldi, Tonino Guerra, Luciano Martino
Spanish Version Script: Mario Guerra, José Mallorquí
English Version Script: John Hart

DIRECTION
Director: Alberto De Martino
Assistant Director: Luciano Palmera

PHOTOGRAPHY
Spanish Version Director of Photography: Eloy Mella
Italian Version Director of Photography: Dario Di Palma
2nd Assistant Camera: Riccardo Poblete

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editors: Mercedes Alonso, Otello Colangeli

MUSIC
Music: Carlo Franci, Manuel Parada

SOUND
Sound Engineer: Luigi Puri
English Language Version Dubbing Director: Richard McNamara (real name: Anton Giulio Majano)

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Romolo de Martino
Hair: Italia Marini

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Carlo Rambaldi

VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects: Amando de Ossorio

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Franco Lolli
Set Decorators: Enzo Constantini, José Luis Galicia, Jaime Pérez Cubero

MISCELLANEOUS
Fencing Master: Giorgio Ubaldi

CAST
Richard Harrison (Perseus)
Anna Ranalli (Andromeda)
Arturo Dominici
Elisa Cegani (Danae)
Leo Anchóriz
Frank Braña
Roberto Camardiel
José Luis Ferreiro
Miguel González
Rufino Inglés
Ángel Jordán (Medusa)
Fernando Liger
Antonio Molino Rojo
Enrique Navarro (Stheno)
Ángela Pla (Euryale)
Lorenzo Robledo
Bruno Scipioni
José Sepúlveda

AVAILABILITY

Spain
Theatrical Distributors: Interpeninsular

USA
Television Distributors: Embassy Television; Rosebud Communications Releasing
Video Distributors: Marathon Music and Video; Sinister Cinema; Something Weird Video; Trimark Home Video

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

West Germany
Rating: 12

TIMELINE

1963
February
7: Italy - theatrical release

November
18: France - theatrical release

1964
May
22: West Germany - theatrical release

1965
August
30: Spain - theatrical release

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Medusa Against the Son of Hercules - US television title
Persée l'invincible - French title
Perseo e Medusa
Perseus - Der Unbesiegbare - West German title
Perseus Against the Monsters - UK title
El valle de los hombres de piedra - Spanish title

KEYWORDS

dragons, legends, mythology, turned to stone, underwater

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009