The Conqueror of Atlantis (1965)
"Il conquistatore di Atlantide" (original title)

Director:

Alfonso Brescia

Writers:

Alfonso Brescia, Franco Cobianchi

Stars:

Kirk Morris, Luciana Gilli, Piero Lulli

Cast

Credited cast:
Kirk Morris	...	Heracles
Luciana Gilli	...	Virna
Piero Lulli	...	Ramir
Andrea Scotti	...	Karr
Mahmoud El-Sabbaa	...	Assur (as Mahmud El Sabba)
Caterina Trentini
Livia Rossetti
Rinaldo Zamperla
Hélène Chanel	...	Queen Ming
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mohammed Tawfik

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

net | tent | secret passage | belly dancer | prisoner | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Fantasy

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Details

Country:

Italy Egypt

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

1 April 1965 (Italy)

Also Known As:

The Conqueror of Atlantis

Company Credits

Production Co:

Copro Film, Doina Cine, PCA

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

User Reviews

Very entertaining spear and sandal film

I've always been sentimental about this one, partly because it's one of the first "spear and sandal" ones I ever saw, and partly because it was one of the first times I heard of Atlantis (outside of the Sub-Mariner comics, and I guess, the Donovan song). Also (though this might be completely interesting only to mythology fans), it uses the name "Herakles" or "Heracles" as opposed to "Hercules". (Or was it the usual "Maciste", before the dubbing?). Anyway, even apart from the sentimental reasons, it's one of the more entertaining "Peplum" films. It had "pulp" science fiction, like the video surveillance and the army of androids. And it had an evil queen and a female army, which to me (though it might be called "misogynistic") is one of the better things in a story like this. (The queen was presumably based on the character in "She" - Helene Chanel even looked like Ursula Andress in that role.) And Kirk Morris always seemed very much at home in these films.