Colossus and the Amazon Queen
| Colossus and the Amazon Queen | |
|---|---|
 Original Spanish film poster | |
| Directed by | Vittorio Sala |
| Produced by | Enzo Merolle (producer) |
| Written by |
Ennio De Concini (writer) Fulvio Fo (writer) Augusto Frassinetti (writer) Giorgio Mordini (writer) Vittorio Nino Novarese (writer) Vittorio Sala (writer) Duccio Tessari (writer) |
| Starring | See below |
| Music by | Roberto Nicolosi |
| Cinematography | Bitto Albertini |
| Edited by | Mario Serandrei |
Release dates | 8 September 1960 |
Running time |
84 minutes (USA) 90 minutes (DVD, USA) 98 minutes (Italy) 92 minutes (West Germany) |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
| Box office | 567,501 admissions (France)[1] |
Colossus and the Amazon Queen (Italian: La regina delle Amazzoni) is a 1960 Italian sword and sandal satirical comedy film directed by Vittorio Sala. The film is also known as Colossus and the Amazons (International English title).
Plot
After the Trojan War, Glauco is the strongest man amongst the Greeks. His friend Pirro meets two men who offer him a large sum of money to persuade Glauco to sail towards unexplored shores. Pirro accepts the proposal and convinces Glauco with a trick: he hits him on his head. The ship lands at a strange place where Pirro and the other men aboard are drugged and find themselves in the hands of the Amazons. Only Glauco escapes, saved from the Egyptian inventor Sofo and he falls in love with Antiope. Between loves and duels, conspiracies and ruses, maurauding pirates will bring together Amazons and Greeks.[2]
Production
The film stars two actors imported from America, Rod Taylor and bodybuilder Ed Fury. Taylor claims to have rewritten the script extensively.[3]
Cast
- Rod Taylor as Pirro
- Ed Fury as Glauco
- Dorian Gray as Antiope
- Daniela Rocca as Melitta
- Gianna Maria Canale as La Regina
- Alberto Farnese as Losco - Il pirata
- Giorgia Moll as Amazone
- Folco Lulli
- Ignazio Leone as Sopho
- Adriana Facchetti as Sacerdota
- Paola Falchi as Amazone
- Enzo Cerusico as Menandro
- Marco Tulli as Eumeo - Oste
- Marilù Tolo as Amazone
- Nadia Bianchi as Amazone
- Maria Luisa Rispoli as Amazone
- Carla Dody as Amazone
- Germana Francioli as Amazone
- Alfredo Varelli as Mercante #1
- Gino Buzzanca as Mercante #2
- Lilly Mantovani as Amazone
- Tilde Damiani as Amazone
- Renato Tagliani as Nando
- Francesca Dean as Amazone
- Dori Hassan as Amazone
- Marina Lucatelli as Amazone
- Loredana Nusciak as Amazone
- Tiberio Murgia as Il siracusano
- Luciana Angiolillo as Amazone
- Mariangela Giordano as Amazone
- Maria Pia Cohen as Amazone
- Marietta Gennusco as Amazone
- Lia Lena as Amazone
References
- ↑ French Box office in 1961 at Box Office Story
- ↑ La Regina delle Amazoni, IMDB
- ↑ Stephen Vagg, Rod Taylor: An Aussie in Hollywood, Bear Manor Media, 2010 p 72
External links
- La regina delle Amazzoni at the Internet Movie Database
- Colossus and the Amazon Queen is available for free download at the Internet Archive