Ercole e la regina di Lidia (1959)
Movie Synopsis
Hercules returns to Thebes to find the land on the brink of civil war. While trying to deliver a treaty to prevent the war, Hercules drinks from the fountain of forgetfulness and is seduced by the evil Omphale.
In 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. Written by Molly Malloy {mailcall@bluemarble.net} imdb.com
While negotiating peace between two brothers contesting the throne of Thebes, an amnesiac Hercules is seduced by the evil Queen Omphale. Written by Shannon Patrick Sullivan {shannon@mun.ca} imdb.com
Director: Pietro Francisci
Producer: Ferruccio De Martino
Production Company: Galatea Film
Writers: Aeschylus (play)
Ennio De Concini (screenplay)
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Release Date:
13 July 1960 (USA
Audio/Visual: sound, color
Language: English
Also Known As (AKA)
Hercule et la reine de Lydie; Belgium (dubbed version) (French title) / France
Hercules Unchained; Brazil / USA
Hércules e a Raínha; Portugal
Hércules encadenado; Spain
Hércules y la reina de Lidia; Spain
Heracles y la reina de Lidea; Spain (literal title)
Hercules and the Queen of Lydia; International (literal title) (English title)
Hercules and the Queen of Sheba; (undefined)
Herkules ja Lyydian kuningatar; Finland
Herkules und die Königin der Amazonen; West Germany
Iraklis kai i vasilissa tis Lydias, O; Greece
