---
title: 'Hercules Unchained (1959)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Pietro Francisci'
released: '1959-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 105
genres:
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Adventure'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/hercules-unchained-1959'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052782/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Hercules Unchained (1959)

1959 · 105 min · Fantasy, Adventure · France, Italy

Original title: Ercole e la regina di Lidia

## Synopsis

Hercules Unchained is a 1959 Italian-French epic fantasy feature film starring Steve Reeves and Sylva Koscina in a story about two warring brothers and Hercules' tribulations in the court of Queen Omphale. The film is the sequel to the Reeves vehicle Hercules (1958) and marks Reeves' second—and last—appearance as Hercules. The film's screenplay, loosely based upon various Greek mythology and plays by Aeschylus and Sophocles, was written by Ennio De Concini and Pietro Francisci with Francisci directing, and Bruno Vailati and Ferruccio De Martino producing the film.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Pietro Francisci](https://cinepixo.com/people/pietro-francisci)
- **Screenplay:** [Pietro Francisci](https://cinepixo.com/people/pietro-francisci), [Ennio de Concini](https://cinepixo.com/people/ennio-de-concini)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Enzo Masetti](https://cinepixo.com/people/enzo-masetti)
- **Producer:** [Bruno Vailati](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruno-vailati)
- **Director of Photography:** [Mario Bava](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-bava)
- **Editor:** [Mario Serandrei](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-serandrei)

## Cast

- [Cesare Fantoni](https://cinepixo.com/people/cesare-fantoni)
- [Gian Paolo Rosmino](https://cinepixo.com/people/gian-paolo-rosmino)
- [Carlo D'Angelo](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlo-d-angelo) as Creon
- [Patrizia Della Rovere](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrizia-della-rovere) as Penelope
- [Nando Cicero](https://cinepixo.com/people/nando-cicero)
- [Sergio Fantoni](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergio-fantoni) as Eteocles
- [Elda Tattoli](https://cinepixo.com/people/elda-tattoli)
- [Sylvia Lopez](https://cinepixo.com/people/sylvia-lopez) as Omphale
- [Fabrizio Mioni](https://cinepixo.com/people/fabrizio-mioni)
- [Alan Steel](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-steel)
- [Gabriele Antonini](https://cinepixo.com/people/gabriele-antonini) as Odysseus
- [Aldo Pini](https://cinepixo.com/people/aldo-pini)
- [Mimmo Palmara](https://cinepixo.com/people/mimmo-palmara) as Polynices
- [Sylva Koscina](https://cinepixo.com/people/sylva-koscina) as Iole
- [Aldo Fiorelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/aldo-fiorelli) as Argus

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/hercules-unchained-1959
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