Italy, France, 1960
97m, 98m, 100m
35mm film, CinemaScope, Technicolor, 2.35:1
mono, Italian
An Italian fantasy film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia (credited as C.L. Bragaglia on French prints)
Plot Summary
When his people and lover are murdered by the king of Ecalia, Hercules goes looking for revenge. But when he arrives in Ecalia he finds that the king is already dead and that Queen Dianira now rules in his place. Hercules falls for Dianira and, to win her hand, has to battle her lover Acheloo, the machinations of the sinister Lico, a tribe of Amazons and a host of monsters.
Credits
Crew
Director: Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia [C.L. Bragaglia on French prints]
French Version Director: Michel Gast [on French prints]
© [not given on screen]
Alberto Manca presents. René Thevenet presents [French version]. A Grandi Schermi Italiani, Contact Organisation, P.I.P Paris co-production
Producer: Alberto Manca
Screenplay by: Alessandro Continenza [Alexandre Continenza on French prints], Luciano Doria [Lucien Doria on French prints]
From a Story by: Alberto Manca
French Version by: Lucette Gaudiot [on French prints]
Director of Photography: Enzo Serafin
Editor: Renato Cinquini
Music: Carlo Innocenzi
Sound Technicians: Oscar Di Santo, Luigi Puri
Sound Recordist: Pietro Spadoni
Costume Designers: Dario Cecchi and Maria Baroni
Key Make-up: Amato Garbini
Key Hairdresser: Gabriella Borzelli
Special Effects: Augusto Vivani, Nino Battistelli
Visual Effects: Tani-Theatralcine
Studios: Cinecitta
Cast
Jayne Mansfield (Queen Dianira/Hippolyta)
Mickey Hargitay (Hercules)
Massimo Serato (Lico)
Tina Gloriani
Rossella Como
Giulio Donnini
Arturo Bragaglia
Andrea Aureli
Andrea Scotti
Moira Orfei
René Dary
Sandrine
Olga Solbelli
Antonio Gradoli
Cesare Fantoni
Barbara Florian
Giovanna Galletti
Gianni Loti
Alternative Titles
Los amores de Hércules – Argentina, Venezuela
Les Amours d’Hercule – France
A Desforra de Hércules – Portugal
Hercules and the Hydra
Hercules vs the Hydra – USA (television)
Herkules ja rakkauden kuningatar – Finland
Die Liebesnächte des Herkules – West Germany
The Loves of Hercules – USA
Links
Extracts included in
It Came from Hollywood (1982)
The Wild, Wild World of Jayne Mansfield (1968)
References
Periodicals
- Video Watchdog no.4 p.10 – review
Books
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee pp.269-270 – credits
