Hercules Unchained
4.6
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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Part of Hercules (Pietro Francisci) Collection
3 films
Cast
31 people
Steve Reeves
Ercole (Hercules)
Known for
The Last Days of Pompeii
Jail Bait
Sylva Koscina
Iole, bride of Ercole
Known for
Lisa and the Devil
Ace
Sylvia Lopez
Queen Onfale, of Lidia
Also in
Herod the Great
Son of the Red Corsair
Gabriele Antonini
Ulisse, son of Laertes
Also in
La Cittadella
Soldiers and corporals
Primo Carnera
Anteo, the giant
Also in
The Prizefighter and the Lady
A Kid for Two Farthings
Patrizia Della Rovere
Penelope
Also in
Bravissimo
Vacations in Majorca
Sergio Fantoni
Eteocle
Known for
Von Ryan's Express
The Belly of an Architect
Fulvia Franco
Anticlea
Known for
Totó in color
For Love and Gold
Carlo D'Angelo
Creonte, High Priest of Thebes
Known for
The Great Silence
Lust of the Vampire
Marisa Valenti
Blond Slave Girl
Also in
Dog Lay Afternoon
Crossed Swords
Mimmo Palmara
Polinice
Known for
The Colossus of Rhodes
That Malicious Age
Elda Tattoli
Altmea - Mother of Ulisses' Girlfriend
Also in
China Is Near
Non perdiamo la testa
Pietro Francisci Director · Ennio De Concini Screenplay Sophocles Author
Worldwide gross $2.5M · United States release July 13, 1960 · Produced in France, Italy, Spain
Box office
Worldwide gross
$2,500,000
Production
Galatea Film
Production
Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France
Production
Lux Film
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Studio
Urania Film
Production
France · Italy · Spain
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Ercole e la regina di Lidia
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian · Spanish
Release dates
Italy · February 14, 1959
Theatrical
United States · July 13, 1960
Theatrical
France
September 4, 1959 · Theatrical
June 12, 2015 · Physical · DVD
December 31, 2015 · Digital · VOD
March 4, 2025 · Physical · Blu-Ray
Germany
March 29, 1960 · Theatrical
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