Il gigante di Metropolis (1961)

Country of Origin: Italy
Year of Production: 1961
Running Times: 92 mins
Format: Eastmancolor     35mm     Panoramica
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Centroproduzione SpA
Executive Producer: Decio Salvi
Producer: Emimmo Salvi
Unit Production Manager: Elios Vercelloni
Unit Manager: Franco di Mauro

SCRIPT
Script: Sabatino Ciuffini, Ambrogio Molteni, Oreste Palella, Emimmo Salvi, Umberto Scarpelli, Gino Stafford

DIRECTION
Director: Umberto Scarpelli
Assistant Director: Mario Tota

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Mario Sensi
Chief Lighting Technician: Oberdan Troiani
Assistant Camera: Silvano Mancini
Stills: Cristiano Civirani

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Franco Fraticelli
Assistant Editors: Adriana Bellanti, Leo Scuccuglia, Sergio Fraticelli

MUSIC
Music / Conductor: Armando Trovajoli

SOUND
Sound Technician: Sandro Sarandrea
English Version Dubbing Director: Richard McNamara (real name: Anton Giulio Majano)
English Dubbing Script: John Hart

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Romolo de Martino
Hair: Adalgisa Favella, Rocchetti
Wig Maker: Rocchetti
Costume Designer: Giovanna Natili
Assistant Wardrobe: Maria Teresa Morelli
Footwear: Ditta Pompei

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Joséf Natensen

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Giorgio Giovannini
Special Constructions: Sergio Scalia

MISCELLANEOUS
Production Secretary: Luigi Guasco
Choreographer: Leopoldo Savona
Fencing Master: Bruno Ukmar

CAST
Gordon Mitchell (Obro)
Bella Cortez (Princess Mecede)
Roldano Lupi (King Yotar)
Liana Orfei (Queen Texen)
Furio Meniconi (Egon)
Carlo Enrici
Omero Gargano
Marietto (Elmos)
Mario Meniconi
Luigi Moneta
Ugo Sasso
Leopoldo Savona
Carlo Tamberlani
Renato Terra

PLOT SUMMARY

Strongman Obro determines to clean up the wicked ways of the people of Atlantis and finds himself involved in the struggle against it's evil leader Yoh-tar.

AVAILABILITY

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Seven Arts; Goldstone Film Enterprises
DVD Distributors: Retromedia Entertainment Inc
Video Distributors: Sinister Cinema; Something Weird Video

TIMELINE

1961
October
24: Italy - passed by the ratings board
26: Italy - theatrical release

1963
September
Day Unknown: USA – theatrical release

November
20: France - theatrical release

1964
February
14: West Germany - theatrical release

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

The Giant of Metropolis - US title
Metropolis - advertising title
Il mistero di Atlantide - shooting title?
Der Untergang von Metropolis - West German title

REFERENCES

BOOKS

Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.163
credits

KEYWORDS

atlantis, disasters, pepla

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008