Title: Le fatiche di Ercole
Production: Spain - Italy 1958
Protagonist: Hercules
Actors: Steve Reeves and Sylva Koscina
Director: Pietro Francisci
Genre: Adventure
The film is taken from The Argonauts of Apollonius Rhodius. Hercules arrives on the island of Iolco to be the mentor of Iphitus, son of King Pelias. Just arrived, however, he is hopelessly in love with the beautiful and sweet daughter of the sovereign. But before he can obtain her hand, he has to solve twelve labours, with the help of Jason and the Argonauts. The film inaugurated the series of mythological postwar Italian moovies and obtained the first place in the collections of the 1957-58 season. It was exported all over the world.
The film is taken from The Argonauts of Apollonius Rhodius. Hercules arrives on the island of Iolco to be the mentor of Iphitus, son of King Pelias. Just arrived, however, he is hopelessly in love with the beautiful and sweet daughter of the sovereign. But before he can obtain her hand, he has to solve twelve labours, with the help of Jason and the Argonauts. The film inaugurated the series of mythological postwar Italian moovies and obtained the first place in the collections of the 1957-58 season. It was exported all over the world.
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