The Avenger (1962)
"La leggenda di Enea" (original title)

Aeneas leads escapees from the Trojan war to new land in Italy, and must deal with new threats to his people.

Director:

Giorgio Venturini

Writers:

Giuseppe Abbrescia (screenplay), Albert Band (adaptation),

Stars:

Steve Reeves, Carla Marlier, Liana Orfei

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Steve Reeves	...	Enea (Aeneas)
Carla Marlier	...	Lavinia, Latino's Daughter
Liana Orfei	...	Camilla, Queen of the Vulga
Giacomo Rossi-Stuart	...	Eurialo
Gianni Garko	...	Turno, King of the Rusalie
Mario Ferrari	...	King Latino
Lulla Selli	...	Queen Amata, Latino's Wife
Maurice Poli	...	Mezensio, Turno's Henchman
Luciano Benetti	...	Phalandre
Pietro Capanna	...	Bisia
Enzo Fiermonte	...	Acate
Charles Band	...	Ascanio
Benito Stefanelli	...	Niso
Nerio Bernardi	...	Drance
Adriano Vitale	...	Dancer

Storyline

Aeneas leads escapees from the Trojan war to new land in Italy, and must deal with new threats to his people.

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Plot Keywords:

trojan war | trojan | stick fight | arson | bull | 

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Taglines:

His mighty sword avenged a nation!

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Genres:

Fantasy | Adventure

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Details

Country:

Italy France Yugoslavia

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

June 1964 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Avenger

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mercury Films, La Société des Films Sirius, Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale Cinématographique (CICC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The actor playing Niso, Benito Stefanelli, also did some of the stunts, trained the other actors in fencing and choreographed the sword-fights.

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Goofs

During the riding and shooting contest, the characters' horses are equipped with stirrups. Stirrups were unknown in Europe during the B.C. era.

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Connections

Follows The Trojan Horse (1961)

User Reviews

Dumb Dumb Dumb

Did Steve Reeves make any decent movies outside of the first two Hercules films?

This is a sequel to the Trojan Horse.

Trojans, fleeing from the remains of Troy end up in Italy and get mixed up with the Etruscans. The Trojans want a place to stay, but... The king is cool with it,the prince is not. A princess loves Reeves, but ends up involved with the prince... The prince sets up the Trojans and after 40 to 45 minutes of court intrigue a war breaks out, but its dull. Ultimately it comes down to Reeves and the prince fighting in silly helmets, which isn't revealing anything since its supposedly history and its in the trailer.

I paid for this on video tape for what reason?

Don't make my mistake, avoid this film.