The Giants of Thessaly (1960)
- 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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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