La regina delle Amazzoni (1960)

Director:

Vittorio Sala

Writers:

Ennio De Concini (writer)
Fulvio Fo (writer)

Release Date:

1964 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy

Plot:

Two musclemen come up against a tribe of Amazon women.

Plot Keywords:

Amazon | Trojan War | Joust | Gender Roles | Crest

Cast

Rod Taylor	...	Pirro
Ed Fury	...	Glauco
Dorian Gray	...	Antiope
Daniela Rocca	...	Melitta
Gianna Maria Canale	...	La Regina
Alberto Farnese	...	Losco - Il pirata
Giorgia Moll	...	Amazone
Folco Lulli
Ignazio Leone	...	Sopho
Adriana Facchetti	...	Sacerdota
Paola Falchi	...	Amazone
Enzo Cerusico	...	Menandro
Marco Tulli	...	Eumeo - Oste
Marilù Tolo	...	Amazone
Nadia Bianchi	...	Amazone

Also Known As:

Colossus and the Amazon Queen (USA)
Colossus and the Amazons (International: English title)

Runtime:

USA:84 min | USA:90 min (DVD) | Italy:98 min | West Germany:92 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Unrated | Italy:VM14

Company:

Galatea Film

Trivia:

In the English language version, the male leads are known as Glaucos and Pirros.

Quotes:

La Regina: [Sampling wine] Even wine will become bitter if you let it get too old. Likewise men!
High Prestess: [Drinking] How right you are! It's perfection! like a work of art! What year is this wine?
La Regina: Do you recall the year that Helen went astray?
High Prestess: Mmmmm1
La Regina: Its looks are a little bit tangy, but I wouldn't call that bad, would you?
High Prestess: Heavens, no! I prefer it that way.

One of the Worst Films Ever (Even by Sword and Sandal Standards)

This is horrible.

I've seen pretty much every muscle man movie made in the 1950's and 1960's and this is at the bottom of the list.

First off the dubbing is terrible. The cliche of Japanese monster movies are nothing compared to this.

Secondly its suppose to be a comedy. It appears to have been written and acted as one, unfortunately there is nothing funny about it. The problem is that these films run so close to parody as is that its pointless to make fun of them. The only one that ever worked was the original version of My Son The Hero, which was a good movie even without the humor.

Lastly the sets, costumes, ect are overly bad. Again these films run the fine line between reality and parody. Its all of a style that took hold and effectively killed off the genre about five years after this was produced where spandex, beehive hairdos and Max Factor make-up made everything look silly.

The plot, concerning two muscle men and their encounters with the Amazons is stupid and comes from the low sex comedies that rarely traveled outside of Italy because they were more juvenile than funny.

Its over acted and under done.

One out of ten. Its just bad.