The Works of Hercules ( Fatiche di Ercole ) is a Hispano – Italian film directed by Pietro Francisci and released in 1958 .
Synopsis
After confronting the Nemean lion that was terrorizing the region, Hercules embarks with Jason in search of the Golden Fleece to allow him to regain the throne of Thessaly .
Technical sheet
- Original title: The Fatiche di Ercole
- French title: Les Travaux d’Hercule
- American title: Hercules
- Directed by: Pietro Francisci
- Assistants to the realization: Ettore Mattera, Pietro Nuccorini
- Scenario: Ennio De Concini , Pietro Francisci and Gaio Fratini after the Argonautics of Apollonius of Rhodes
- French Dialogues: Josette France
- Sets: Flavio Mogherini
- Costumes: Giulio Coltellacci
- Choreography: Gisa Geert
- Makeup: Euclide Santoli
- Photography: Mario Bava
- Sound: Renato Cadueri, Giulio Tagliacozzo
- Editing: Mario Serandrei
- Music: Enzo Masetti
- Musical Director: Carlo Savina
- Producer: Federico Teti
- Production Companies: Oscar Film (Italy), Galatea Film (Italy), Urania Film (Spain), Embassy Pictures (USA)
- Distribution companies: Lux Films (Italy), Embassy Pictures (United States), Warner Bros. (United States), D3 Distribution Company (France)
- Country of origin: Italy / Spain
- Original language: Italian
- Inside shooting: Titanus studios ( Rome )
- Format: color ( Eastmancolor ) – 35 mm – 2.35: 1 Dyaliscope – monaural sound (Westrex Recording System)
- Genre: peplum
- Duration: 100 minutes
- Release dates:
- Italy:
- La France :
- (en) CNC classification : all public (operating visa n o 21032 issued)
Distribution
- Steve Reeves (VF: Jean-Claude Michel ) : Hercules
(lining: Giovanni Cianfriglia ) - Sylva Koscina (VF: Marcelle Lajeunesse ) : Iole daughter of Pelias
- Fabrizio Mioni (VF: Hubert Noël ) : Jason
- Gianna Maria Canale (VF: Paule Emanuele ) : Anthea, Queen of the Amazons
- Gabriele Antonini : Odysseus
- Ivo Garrani (VF: Jean Davy ) : Pelias
- Arturo Dominici : Eurystheus
- Mimmo Palmara (VF: Michel Gudin ) : Iphitos
- Lydia Alfonsi (VF: Lita Recio ) : the Sibyl
- Aldo Fiorelli (VF: Jean Violette ) : Argos
- Gino Mattera (VF: Roland Menard ) : Orpheus
- Walter Grant / Gian Paolo Rosmino (VF: Paul City ) : Aesculapian
- Afro Poli (VF: Pierre Morin ) : Chiron
Around the film
To promote the film in the United States , producer Joseph E. Levine innovated at the time by developing a “saturation” audiovisual advertising campaign, using more than 600 Hercules visuals, including illustrations like this article (a costly and unusual investment of $ 120,000 ). A procedure that has become commonplace today for the promotion of prestigious cinematographic productions 1 .
Notes and references
- ↑ Source The TCM Movie Database (USA) [ archive ] .
- ↑ An advertising visual of Embassy Pictures by producer Joseph E. Levine .