Hercules Unchained
Hercules Unchained (Italian: Ercole e la regina di Lidia [ˈɛrkole е lla reˈdʒiːna di ˈliːdja], "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 (Italian) | |
| Directed by | Pietro Francisci |
| Screenplay by | Ennio De Concini Pietro Francisci |
| Story by | Pietro Francisci |
| Based on | 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 |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Countries | Italy France |
| Language | Italian |
| Box office | $2.5 million (US/Canada rentals) |
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