Ercole alla conquista di Atlantide

1961 [ITALIAN]

Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy / History

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Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 12% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 4.4/10 10 1847 1.8K

monster atlantis gorilla mythology palace greek mythology

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Plot summary

King Androcles of Thebes commands a ship in search of a threat to Greece, predicted by an atmospheric oracle. Hercules is part of the crew, but the strongman falls overboard in a thick fog. Washed ashore, he saves a young Ismene from Proteus, an evil, shape-shifting creature. Ismene takes Hercules to Atlantis, where he discovers that her mother, Queen Antinea, has captured Androcles. Hercules schemes to rescue him and thwart Antinea's dream of world conquest.

Director

Vittorio Cottafavi Photo
Vittorio Cottafavi

Top cast

Luciano Marin Photo
Luciano Marin as Illo
Fay Spain Photo
Fay Spain as La regina Antinea
Tullio Altamura Photo
Tullio Altamura as
Osiride Pevarello Photo
Osiride Pevarello as Un uomo nella taverna
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873.64 MB
1280*582
English 2.0
Unrated
23.976 fps
1 hr 35 min
Seeds 2
1.58 GB
1920*872
English 2.0
Unrated
23.976 fps
1 hr 35 min
Seeds 6

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by talisencrw 5 / 10

The title is false--there is only one captive

The title is false--there is only one captive woman. Also, I have never seen a so-called hero sleep so much in my life.
Reviewed by dbdumonteil

Now we know....

...why Atlantis disappeared! Although Hercules often calls upon his Father ,Zeus -note that his son never invokes his granddad-,this is as far from Greek mythology as it can be."The famous Four" best describes the plot: Hercules ,his son,Androcles (a Roman slave handed over to lions then granted an imperial pardon ,what is he doing here?) and a dwarf feel that Grece is in jeopardy.This is the beginning of an "epic" story which includes a rubber monster,a wicked queen (Antinea of course ,see one of the numerous versions of Pierre Benoit's " L'Atlantide" ),the ancestors of the clones (unless it predates Hitler's Aryan supermen),the perils of atomic radiations (?) The first scene is an interminable free-for-all in which Hercules,who is quietly enjoying his meal ,does not interfere ("help us dad!"screams his son) .Some not-so-bad scenes show a strange Androcles wandering in the queen's palace .It's rather silly,but it's entertaining if you do not ask too much.
Reviewed by sos12 5 / 10

Solid Hercules entry -- beautiful to behold but a bit soul-less

For nothing else, CAPTIVE WOMEN is worth checking out because it's the Reg Park-starring Herc film that preceded the epochal HERCULES IN THE HAUNTED WORLD directed by Mario Bava -- which still remains, hands down, the best of the Italian Herc movies ever made. CAPTIVE WOMEN is extremely well produced -- excellent production design and visual FX by Hercules standards -- and that's both its big plus and its big minus. The Retromedia DVD is very, very good -- in 2.35 Cinemascope, nice transfer -- and it's terrific to see a Hercules film given this kind of loving treatment. BUT -- it does point out some of the shortcomings of CAPTIVE WOMEN. Which are, mainly, that not a helluva lot happens. Herc goes sailing, a buddy goes overboard ... and he winds up in Atlantis, where the Evil Queen (note: Queens are almost always evil, and extremely smokin' hot, in Herc movies) gives him a magic potion designed to make him fall in love with her. Second note: magic potions figure prominently in a LOT of Hercules films, and they're almost always administered by smokin' hot Evil Queens trying to get Herc to fall in love with them. That's what we love about these films. Anyhow ... great production values but a bit, well, stiff somehow.
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