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Hercules vs. the Giant Warriors

Original title: Il trionfo di Ercole
  • 19641964
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 34m
IMDb RATING
4.4/10
154
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Il trionfo di Ercole (1964)
  • Adventure
  • Fantasy
Hercules defends a people against a race of giant warriors.Hercules defends a people against a race of giant warriors.Hercules defends a people against a race of giant warriors.
IMDb RATING
4.4/10
154
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Alberto De Martino
  • Writers
    • Alessandro Ferraù
    • Roberto Gianviti
  • Stars
    • Dan Vadis
    • Marilù Tolo
    • Pierre Cressoy
Top credits
  • Director
    • Alberto De Martino
  • Writers
    • Alessandro Ferraù
    • Roberto Gianviti
  • Stars
    • Dan Vadis
    • Marilù Tolo
    • Pierre Cressoy
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    • 3User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
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    Dan Vadis in Il trionfo di Ercole (1964)
    Gli amori di Ercole (1960)
    Attila (1954)
    Dan Vadis in Il trionfo di Ercole (1964)
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    Dan Vadis
    Dan Vadis
    • Ercoleas Ercole
    Marilù Tolo
    Marilù Tolo
    • Princess Ateas Princess Ate
    Pierre Cressoy
    Pierre Cressoy
    • Prince Miloas Prince Milo
    Piero Lulli
    • Euristeoas Euristeo
    Enzo Fiermonte
    Enzo Fiermonte
    • Retoas Reto
    Howard Ross
    • Gordioas Gordio
    • (as Renato Rossini)
    Aldo Cecconi
    Aldo Cecconi
    • Thiefas Thief
    Pietro Capanna
    • Prince Abaduras Prince Abadur
    Franco Daddi
    Nino Marchetti
    • Thieves' Victimas Thieves' Victim
    Annamaria Mustari
    • Ate's Handmaidenas Ate's Handmaiden
    • (as Anna Maria Mustari)
    Gaetano Quartararo
    • The Kingas The King
    Jacques Stany
    • Erioneas Erione
    Nazzareno Zamperla
    Nazzareno Zamperla
    • Thiefas Thief
    Moira Orfei
    Moira Orfei
    • Pasiphae, the witchas Pasiphae, the witch
    Fortunato Arena
    • Archeras Archer
    • (uncredited)
    Rossana Canghiari
    • Tournament Spectatoras Tournament Spectator
    • (uncredited)
    Aldo Canti
    Aldo Canti
    • Golden Fighteras Golden Fighter
    • (uncredited)
    • …
    • Director
      • Alberto De Martino
    • Writers
      • Alessandro Ferraù
      • Roberto Gianviti
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    Hercules defends a people against a race of giant warriors.
    • greece
    • ancient greece
    • hercules character
    • psychotronic film
    • camp
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      • See Hercules Conquer an Army!
    • Genres
      • Adventure
      • Fantasy
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      • Not Rated
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    • Trivia
      Dan Vadis did all his own stunts. as there were no stuntmen large enough to double for him, as was often the case with the athletes and bodybuilders who were hired to star in the sword-and-sandal films, and Vadis was by far one of the most agile and dexterous men hired to star in such films.
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    3/10
    THE TRIUMPH OF HERCULES (Alberto De Martino, 1964) *1/2
    Lackluster entry in the prolific peplum genre – these films may have been designed as mere entertainment fodder but very few examples proved otherwise rewarding. This is an even lesser achievement than THE MEDUSA AGAINST THE SON OF HERCULES (1963), from the same director and which I watched concurrently; however, it's basically on the same below-par level of two other such efforts I viewed in the past featuring the same muscle-bound lead, Dan Vadis, namely THE REBEL GLADIATORS (1963) and SPARTACUS AND THE TEN GLADIATORS (1963).

    Anyway, the film sees Hercules fighting a tyrant (Pierre Cressoy from FRINE, CORTIGIANA D'ORIENTE [1953]) and saving/loving a damsel-in-distress ("Euro Cult" regular Marilu' Tolo) – nothing new plot-wise, then…except that Cressoy is in cahoots with a witch (glamorous Moira Orfei) so that he's able to unleash an army of gold-tinted musclemen to cause havoc, but they're clearly no match for Hercules. Even so, the hero's strength is sapped by an angry Zeus (via a comical jagged thunderbolt insert) at one point – eventually being restored just in time to prevent Tolo from being fatally spiked! During the climax, then, Orfei plays an optical trick on Vadis but which ends up rebounding on herself – taking up Tolo's semblance as she's hanging from a cliff, but Hercules recognizes the true heroine from the color of her eyes and Orfei perishes in the sea instead!

    For what it's worth, the film includes plenty of action sequences – but, more often than not, they're rendered hilarious by way of obvious repeated footage, exaggerated death reactions and clumsy stunt-work.
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    • Release date
      • August 1965 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Italy
      • France
    • Language
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • The Triumph of Hercules
    • Production companies
      • Les Films Jacques Leitienne
      • Produzione Cinematografica (P.C.)
      • Unicité
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 34 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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