The Giants of Thessaly
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| Directed by | Riccardo Freda |
| Produced by | Virgilio De Blasi[1] |
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| Music by | Carlo Rustichelli[2] |
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| Edited by | Otello Colangeli[1] |
| Distributed by | Filmar |
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87 minutes[2] |
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| Box office | ₤408 million |
The Giants of Thessaly (Italian: I giganti della Tessaglia (Gli Argonauti) , French: Le Géant de Thessalie, released in the UK as Jason and the Golden Fleece) is a 1960 Italian-French adventure-fantasy film directed by Riccardo Freda. It is loosely based on the epic poem Argonautica by Apollonius Rhodius.[3]
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Plot
Thessaly, overrun with barbarian invaders and beset with natural disasters, sends King Jason and his Argonauts on a search for the fabled Golden Fleece. Meanwhile, back home, his scheming cohort is plotting to get his hands on the kingdom and the queen.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Cast
- Roland Carey as Jason
- Ziva Rodann as Creusa
- Massimo Girotti as Orfeo
- Alberto Farnese as Adrasto
- Nadine Sanders as Queen Gaia
- Luciano Marin as Euristeo
- Cathia Caro as Aglaia
- Alfredo Varelli as Argo
- Maria Teresa Vianello as Gaia's Sister
- Nando Tamberlani as Aglaia's Father
- Alberto Sorrentino as Licaone
- Paolo Gozlino as Laerte
- Raf Baldassarre as Antinoo
Release
The Giants of Thessaly was released in Italy on 6 December 1960 where it was distributed by Filmar.[1] It grossed a total of 408 million Italian lire domestically.[1]
Reception
In a contemporary review, the Monthly Film Bulletin noted that the script "owes very little to the legend, instead stringing together a series of action highlights, settings and characters which, if anything, have even less consistency than the strip-cartoon formula to which they owe their inspiration."[4] The review noted that the "scaling of the colossal statue is moderately spectacular, too. The rest, including the filtered colour, is sub-Bava, let down by indifferent acting, irrelevance (what on earth is Orpheus doing in the film?) unimpressive trick-work (the island monster) and abysmal dubbing."[4]
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External links
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