Maciste nella terra dei ciclopi

  • Gordon Mitchell: Maciste
  • Chelo Alonso: Queen Capys
  • Vira Silenti: Penope
  • Dante DiPaolo: Ifitos
  • Aldo Bufi Landi: Siro
  • Giotto Tempestini: Aronios
  • Raffaella Carrà: boar
  • Germano Longo: King Agisander
  • Paul Wynter: Mambo
  • Massimo Righi: Efros
  • Tullio Altamura: Officer

Maciste, the Son of Hercules ( Original title: Maciste nella terra dei Cyclops ) is an Italian mythological adventure movie Antonio Leon Viola staged in 1961. On September 22 of this year he had German premiere.

Content

The Queen of Sadok, Capys is cursed by Circe: Only when the descendants of Odysseus were all accused of the Cyclops, she can love again. Your minions can the penultimate of these descendants, King Agisander kill; his son and a faithful can escape to the mountains. There they meet the strong Maciste, the leaves for Sadok, where he lies, deceit and intrigue is faced with until Capys in love with him. It uses a meeting to checkmate him with a sleeping potion and steal him the hiding place of the child.

Ifitos, an underling Capys ' is prevented at the last second of Maciste to sacrifice the child to the Cyclops. During the battle of the two and the Cyclops Capys is killed, Maciste brings by muscle power, the cave of the Cyclops to collapse.

Criticism

The movie service wrote at the time: " The colorfully illustrated ballad with the good-natured protector of widows and orphans at the center of such exhilarating feats of strength would be a pretty adventurous film fun for kids. "

"The film follows with its limited technical means not without charm the known patterns such mythological strips; good colors. " presented AGCM Cinematografiche fixed.

Comments

The first Italian film directed by Gordon Mitchell, who had applied to a newspaper ad out, is now " public domain ".

The international title was Atlas against the cyclops.

In some studies on " Racism in the movie" the film received particular attention by the scene in which Maciste in the middle of a Tauziehduells between black and white slave over a lion pit must maintain balance.

Italy 1961 in film Screenplay Film score Mario Serandrei Adventure film Ronald M. Hahn
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