Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles Seven Against Thebes by Aeschylus
Produced by
Bruno Vailati
Starring
Steve Reeves Sylva Koscina Primo Carnera Sylvia Lopez
Cinematography
Mario Bava
Edited by
Mario Serandrei
Music by
Enzo Masetti
Production companies
Lux Film Galatea Film Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France
Distributed by
Lux Film
Release dates
14 February 1959 (1959-02-14) (Italy)
30 June 1960 (1960-06-30) (United States)
Running time
97 minutes[3]
Countries
Italy France[1][2]
Language
Italian
Box office
$2.5 million (US/Canada rentals)[4]
Hercules Unchained (Italian: Ercole e la regina di Lidia[ˈɛrkoleеllareˈdʒiːnadiˈliːdja], "Hercules and the Queen of Lydia") is a 1959 Italian-French epic fantasy feature film starring Steve Reeves and Sylva Koscina in a story about two warring brothers and Hercules' tribulations in the court of Queen Omphale. The film is the sequel to the Reeves vehicle Hercules (1958) and marks Reeves' second – and last – appearance as Hercules. The film's screenplay, loosely based upon various Greek mythology and plays by Aeschylus and Sophocles, was written by Ennio De Concini and Pietro Francisci with Francisci directing and Bruno Vailati and Ferruccio De Martino producing the film.
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^"Ercole e la regina di Lidia". BFI Film & Television Database. London: British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 4 February 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
^"HERCULES UNCHAINED (U)". British Board of Film Classification. 19 May 1960. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
^"Rental Potentials of 1960". Variety. 4 January 1961. p. 47. Retrieved 2 January 2021 – via Archive.org.
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