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The Giants of Thessaly (1960)

The Giants of Thessaly poster
Original title
I giganti della Tessaglia
Directed by
Riccardo Freda
Genre
fantasy film, sword-and-sandal film
Country
France, Italy
Runtime
1h 35m
Rating
5.1 of 10 from 14 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This film retells the ancient Greek myth of Jason and his crew of Argonauts as they search for a magical golden fleece. They face monsters, gods, and other perils on their sea voyage.

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What happens

The Giants of Thessaly (Italian: I giganti della Tessaglia (Gli Argonauti), French: Le Géant de Thessalie, released in the UK as Jason and the Golden Fleece) is a 1960 Italian-French adventure-fantasy film directed by Riccardo Freda. It is loosely based on the epic poem Argonautica by Apollonius Rhodius. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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