Italy, France, 1960
86m
35mm film, colour
mono (Western Electric Recording), Italian
An Italian/French fantasy film directed by Riccardo Freda.
Plot Summary
The gods are angry and have allowed Thessaly to be overrun by barbarians. To placate them King Jason leads his Argonauts in search of the Golden Fleece while his treacherous regent plots to take his kingdom and his wife.
Credits
Crew
Director: Riccardo Freda
© [not given on screen]
Filmar presents. An Alexandra P.C. Rome, Lyre Ste Cinématographique Paris production
Executive Producer: Virgilio De Blasi
Screenplay: Giuseppe Masini, Mario Rossetti, Riccardo Freda
Director of Photography: Vich Václav, Raffaele Masciocchi
Edited by: Otello Colangeli
Music by: Carlo Rustichelli
Make-up: Giuseppe Peruzzi
Hairstylist: Anna Graziosi
Sound: Renato Cadueri, Luigi Puri
Costumes by: Mario Gorsi
Animated Creations: Rambaldi
Art Director: Franco Lolli
Cast
Roland Carey (Jason)
Ziva Rodann (Creusa)
Alberto Farnese (Adrastus)
Nadine Duca (Gaia)
Luciano Marin (Euristeo)
Cathia Caro (Aglaia)
Alfredo Varelli (Argus)
Gil Delamare (Alceo)
Maria Teresa Vianello (Alceo’s sister)
Nando Tamberlani
Alberto Sorrentino
Massimo Pianforini
Raf Baldassarre
Nando Angelini
Taki Karas
Franco Gentili
Jacques Stany
Gualberto Titta
Alfredo Zammi
Salvatore Furnari
Alternative Titles
Os Argonautas – Brazil
Le géant de Thessalie – Belgium (French), Canada (French), France
Les géants de Thessalie – France
The Giants of Thessaly – USA
The Giants of Thessaly (The Argonauts) – USA (advertising)
Los gigantes de la Tessaglia – Spain
Los gigantes de Tesalia – Mexico, Venezuela
Oi gigantes tis Thessalias – Greece
Os Gigantes de Tessália – Portugal
I giganti della Tessaglia – Italy (alternative title)
Jason and the Golden Fleece – UK
De reus van Thessalie – Belgium (Flemish)
Das Schwert des roten Giganten – West Germany
Tesalya Savaslari – Turkey
Η αργοναυτική εκστρατεία – Greece (re-release)
Οι Αργοναύτες – Greece (DVD)
Οι γίγαντες της Θεσσαλίας – Greece
Фессалийский великан – Russia
Links
Extracts included in
Spisok korabley (2008)
References
Periodicals
- Cahiers du Cinéma vol.21 no.122 (August 1961) p.57
- La Cinématographie Française no.1926 (15 July 1961) p.15
- The Daily Cinema no.8803 (23 August 1963) p.4
- Le Film Français no.895 (14 July 1961) p.22
- Intermezzo vol.16 no.10-11 (15 June 1961) p.6
- Monthly Film Bulletin vol.30 no.357 (October 1963) p.146
Books
- Epic Films (2nd edition) by Gary Allen Smith pp.92-93 – illustrated credits, review
- Feature Films, 1960-1969: A Filmography of English-language and Major Foreign-language United States Releases by Harris M. Lentz III p.164
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee pp.163-164
