Samson and His Mighty Challenge
- Sergio Ciani: Hercules (as Alan Steel)
- Renato Rossini: Maciste (as Red Ross)
- Nadir Moretti: Samson (as Nadir Baltimor )
- Yann Larvor: Ursus
- Luciano Marin: Inor
- Hélène Chanel: Astria, the oracle
- Moira Orfei: Dalila
- Lia Zoppelli: Nemea
- Elisa Montés: Omfale
- Nino Dal Fabbro: Nemeas consultant
- Arnaldo Fabrizio: Mikron
- Corrado San Martin: Alcaeus
- Livio Lorenzon: Lykos, Inors father
The hour of hard men ( original title: Ercole, Sansone Maciste e Ursus gli invincibili ) is a parodic adventure film with mythological motifs, the Giorgio Capitani 1964 staged. In the German -speaking world, he was first seen on May 7, 1965. Alternative Title Triumph of the Giants.
Action
In order to win the hand of the beautiful Omfale of Lydia, whom he has rescued the life, Hercules has to fight against the strongest man in the world according to a multi- manipulated oracle. Omfales mother Nemea, which uses Hercules ' infatuation for their interests, sent an embassy to Samson, who accepts the challenge; his wife Dalila, however jealous cuts him off his hair, which he takes the force. The Lydian envoys who do not understand why Samson is weakening, then take the brutish with Ursus and its conqueror, the noble Maciste with after Lydia.
When Hercules overcomes without problems Samson, Inor kidnapped the son of the chief of hill tribes, make war on the Lydia, Omfale with their consent; they are really in love, what his father absolutely does not fit. Nemea tells Hercules of the kidnapping, and he conquered the mountain peoples, but also experiences of Omfales love. A new attempt to manipulate the oracle leads to a battle of four strong men among themselves, in which even the temple threatens to be destroyed until Zeus intervenes and regulates all ambiguities.
Criticism
" Who can think of no more story 's just so out of necessity a virtue and parodied his own inability ," write Ronald M. Hahn and Norbert Stresau. The lexicon of the International film holds the film for " modest - turbulent, sometimes too loud parody of the numerous muscle and sandal movies ' predominantly of Italian origin. ". Massimo Bertarelli even said: "If Capitani wanted to make a parody, which would also explain the presence of the ringmaster Orfei. Then the film would be worth even an Oscar "full of praise is the Evangelical movie watchers: ". . Peppy and spectacle joyful colossal film, which is designed entirely bloodless and his funny, parody -scale incursions can be recommended for already 12 years and over "
Comments
The box office in Italy amounted to 120 million lire.
Synchronization
- Sergio Ciani: Rainer Brandt