Hercules Unchained

Hercules Unchained
US film poster
Ercole e la regina di Lidia (Italian)
Directed by	Pietro Francisci
Screenplay by	Ennio De Concini Pietro Francisci
Story by	Pietro Francisci
Based on	Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles Seven Against Thebes by Aeschylus
Produced by	Bruno Vailati
Starring	Steve Reeves Sylva Koscina Primo Carnera Sylvia Lopez
Cinematography	Mario Bava
Edited by	Mario Serandrei
Music by	Enzo Masetti
Production companies	Lux Film Galatea Film Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France
Distributed by	Lux Film
Release dates	14 February 1959 (1959-02-14) (Italy) 30 June 1960 (1960-06-30) (United States)
Running time	97 minutes[3]
Countries	Italy France[1][2]
Language	Italian
Box office	$2.5 million (US/Canada rentals)[4]

Hercules Unchained (Italian: Ercole e la regina di Lidia [ˈɛrkole е lla reˈdʒiːna di ˈliːdja], "Hercules and the Queen of Lydia") is a 1959 Italian-French epic fantasy feature film starring Steve Reeves and Sylva Koscina in a story about two warring brothers and Hercules' tribulations in the court of Queen Omphale. The film is the sequel to the Reeves vehicle Hercules (1958) and marks Reeves' second – and last – appearance as Hercules. The film's screenplay, loosely based upon various Greek mythology and plays by Aeschylus and Sophocles, was written by Ennio De Concini and Pietro Francisci with Francisci directing and Bruno Vailati and Ferruccio De Martino producing the film.