Hercules Unchained

Name: Hercules Unchained
Genre: Action, Fantasy
Released: 1959-02-14T00:00:00.000Z
Rating: 5.1

About Hercules Unchained

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.

Hercules Unchained is a 1959 fantasy film directed by Pietro Francisci. The film is filed under rescue mission, black magic, greece, and greek mythology.

Steve Reeves stars as Ercole (Hercules), Sylva Koscina as Iole, bride of Ercole, Sylvia Lopez as Queen Onfale, of Lidia, and Gabriele Antonini as Ulisse, son of Laertes. Released in February 1959, it runs 98 minutes.

The screenplay is by Ennio De Concini and Pietro Francisci. American members can watch it on Artiflix, IndieFlix, and IndieFlix Shorts Amazon Channel.

The Odyssey, Hercules, and Hercules in New York make useful companions to Hercules Unchained, all filed under peplum and hercules. TMDB voters put it at 5.1 out of 10 across 56 votes and it carries a NR rating.