Hercules and the Conquest of Atlantis (1961)

Original title

Ercole alla conquista di Atlantide

Directed by

Vittorio Cottafavi

Genre

fantasy film, sword-and-sandal film, sword and sorcery film

Country

France, Italy

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

NR

Rating

4.3 of 10 from 35 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Hercules travels to a lost island nation to battle a queen who uses a secret weapon to control men. He must stop her plan to take over the world.

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What happens

Hercules and the Conquest of Atlantis (Italian: Ercole alla conquista di Atlantide, lit. 'Hercules at the Conquest of Atlantis') is a 1961 film directed by Vittorio Cottafavi and starring Reg Park in his film debut as Ercole/Hercules. It was originally released in Super Technirama 70. The film is also known as Hercules Conquers Atlantis in the United Kingdom and Hercules and the Captive Women in the United States where the film was not only retitled, but edited, rescored and given a title design by Filmation. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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