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Le fatiche di Ercole [1958]
Country of Origin: Italy
/ Spain
Year of Production: 1958
Running Times: 98 mins [USA] 103 mins 104 mins 107 mins [Italy]
Format: Eastmancolour 35mm Dyaliscope
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: mono
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Galatea Film / O.S.C.A.R. / Urania Film
Presenter: Joseph E. Levine
Producer: Federico Teti
Production Manager: Mario Pisani
SCRIPT
Script: Ennio De Concini, Pietro Francisci, Gaio Frattini
Adaptation: Pietro Francisci
Poem: The Argonautica by Apollonious Rhodios
DIRECTION
Director: Pietro Francisci
Assistant Director: Pietro Nuccorini
Executive Director: Ferruccio De Martino
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Mario
Bava
Camera Operator: Corrado Bartoloni
Assistant Camera: Silvio Fraschetti
Lab: Stacofilm S.p.a., Roma, Italy
EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Mario Serandrei
Cutting Assistant: Titta Perozzi
Editing Secretary: Gigliola Rosmino
MUSIC
Music: Enzo Masetti
Musical Director: Carlo Savina
SOUND
Sound Technicians: Renato Cadueri, Giulio Tagliacozzo
Sound Recording: Fono Lux
MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Euclide Santoli
Hair: Mara Rocchetti
Costume Designer: Giulio Coltellacci
Assistant Costume Designer: Paolo Tommasi
Wardrobe: Assunto Lazzazzera
Costumes: Casa del'Arte, Florence, Italy
Footgear: Pompei
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Mario
Bava
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Flavio Mogherini
Assistant Set Designer: Gianni D'Aloisio
Set Decorator: Flavio Mogherini
MISCELLANEOUS
Assistant to Executive Director: Massimo De Rita
Assistant to Director: Ettore G. Mattia
Choreographer: Gisa Geert
Production Secretary: Spartaco Conversi
Special Equipment / Weapons: I. Tini and Sons Co; Rincati Company
Flowers and Plants: Sgaravatti of Rome
LOCATIONS
Studio: Titanus Studios, Rome, Italy
STUNTS
Stunts: Giovanni Cianfriglia CAST
Steve Reeves [Ercole]
Sylva Koscina [Iole]
Fabrizio Mioni [Jason]
Ivo Garrani [Pelias]
Arturo Dominici [Eurysteus]
Mimmo Palmara [Iphitus]
Lidia Alfonsi [The Sybil]
Gina Rovere, Luciana Paoluzzi, Lilli Granado [Amazons]
Gianna Maria Canale [Antea]
Afro Poli [Chironi]
Aldo Fiorelli [Argos]
Gino Mattera [Orpheus]
Andrea Fantasia [Laertes]
G.P. Rosmino [Esculapius]
Gabriele Antonini [Ulysses]
Willi Colombini [Pollux]
Fulvio Carrara [Castor]
Aldo Pini [Tifi]
Spartaco Nale
SUMMARY
Hercules travels to the kingdom of Iolcus to
help teach Iphitus, the son of king Pelias. Hercules falls in love
with the king's daughter Iole and to win her hand must embark on a
series of quests. He teams up with Jason, the true heir of Iolcus,
and joins him aboard his ship the Argo.
AVAILABILITY
France
DVD Distributor: Pioneer
Italy
Theatrical Distributors: Lux Film S.p.a.
USA
Theatrical Distributors: Warner Bros. [1959]; Embassy Pictures Corporation
Video Distributors: Embassy Home Entertainment; Something Weird Video;
VCI Home Video; VidAmerica
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Finland
Rating: K-12
TIMELINE
1958
February
20: Italy – theatrical release
1959
March
20: Finland – theatrical release
July
22: USA – theatrical release
2000
March
23: France - DVD release [Pioneer]
POSTER TAGS
The stupendous saga of the mightiest of mortals! Half
god...half pagan!
See the heroic Hercules rip down the Age of Orgy's lavish palace
of lustful pleasure! See the seductive Amazons lure men to voluptuous
revels and violent deaths!
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Hércules - Portugese title
Hércules - Spanish title
Hercules - US title
Labors of Hercules - English language title
Les travaux d'Hercule - French title
O Triunfo de Hércule - Portugese title
Die Unglaublichen Abenteuer des Herkules - West German
title
Los viajes de Heracles - Spanish title
Voittamaton Herkules - Finnish title
LINKS
FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
Hercules Recycled [1994] KEYWORDS
greek mythology, hercules, mythology, peblum, sword and sandal, sword
and sorcery
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