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Hercules Unchained

1959 · 98 min

A colourful, old-fashioned sword-and-sandal adventure with a hypnotic detour, heroic feats, and a campy charm that makes it an easy, entertaining watch.

Overview
En route to Thebes for an important diplomatic mission, Hercules drinks from a magic spring and loses his memory. He spends most of the movie in the pleasure gardens of Queen Omphale of Lydia. While young Ulysses tries to help him regain his memory, political tensions escalate in Thebes, and Hercules' new wife Iole finds herself in mortal danger.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • power
  • betrayal
  • family
  • memory
Places
  • fantasy world
  • big city
  • wilderness
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror1
Humour3
Realism2
Romance4
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
fantasy, action
Directed by
Pietro Francisci
Written by
Ennio De Concini, Pietro Francisci
Starring
Steve Reeves, Sylva Koscina, Sylvia Lopez, Gabriele Antonini, Primo Carnera, Patrizia Della Rovere, Sergio Fantoni, Fulvia Franco
Music
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Cinematography
Mario Bava
Runtime
98 min
Country
France, Italy, Spain
Languages
Italian

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