Hercules and the Conquest of Atlantis
- Reg Park: Heracles
- Fay Spain: Queen Antinea of Atlantis
- Ettore Manni: King Androcles of Thebes
- Luciano Marin: Hylus
- Laura Arbour: Ismene
- Salvatore Furnari: Timoteus
- Mimmo Palmara: Castor
- Mario Valdemarin: Gabor
- Mario Petri: Zenith
- Mino Doro: King of Megara
- Enrico Maria Salerno: King of Ambracia
- Gian Maria Volonte: King of Sparta
- Alessandro Sperli: King of Athens
- Ivo Garrani: King of Mega Lien
Hercules conquered Atlantis ( Original title: Ercole alla conquista di Atlantide ) is an Italian sword and sandal film by Vittorio Cottafavi from the year 1961.
Action
Androcles, king of Thebes, Hercules, his son Illo and the faithful Timoteus draw from Greece after being threatened by a sinister power. The galley which transported the warriors, capsizes and King Androcles is fed into the " chamber of oblivion ". Hercules is cast upon an island, where he defeated a monster, and can save Ismene. Ismene is the daughter of Antinea, Queen of Atlantis, to reach them. In the palace they found Androcles. Hercules survived several assassination attempts of the Queen and found in a cave a magical stone upon which falls through the work of Hercules Sunlight, whereby forces are released that destroy Atlantis.
Reviews
The lexicon of international film wrote, the film is an " expensively produced monumental epic whose effort disproportionate to the content " stand. The staging was a " heroic saga in externalized comic style. "
" Seems an irreverent writer, comic strip episodes, harmless violence and the magnificent on artificial way, costumes and sets combine to form an entertaining example of those fine instinct that Cottafavi (...) for this type of movie to have. "
" The Anfangskeilerei the Herkuleskumpane is so gorgeous staged and recorded with camera so agile that I prefer the stiff pathos in Eisenstein's much vaunted Battle on the Ice without hesitation. "