Thor and the Amazon Women (1963)

A race of Amazon warriors is enslaving the men of a country, and the mighty Thor is called upon to help them regain their freedom.

Director:

Antonio Leonviola

Writers:

Antonio Leonviola (story and screenplay), Fabio Piccioni (screenplay)

Stars:

Susy Andersen, Joe Robinson, Harry Baird

Cast

Cast overview:
Susy Andersen	...	Tamar
Joe Robinson	...	Thor
Harry Baird	...	Ubaratutu
Janine Hendy	...	The Black Queen
Maria Fiore	...	Yamad
Alberto Cevenini	...	Siros
Tony Ante
Robert Baca
Anna Majurec
Claudia Capone	...	Agarit
Carla Foscari	...	Ghebel Gor

Storyline

A race of Amazon warriors is enslaving the men of a country, and the mighty Thor is called upon to help them regain their freedom.

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Plot Keywords:

warrior | siege | spear throwing | self sacrifice | cage fight | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Fantasy

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Details

Country:

Italy Yugoslavia

Language:

English Italian

Release Date:

9 August 1963 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Thor and the Amazon Women

Filming Locations:

Postojna cave, Yugoslavia

Company Credits

Production Co:

Coronet Film, Italia Film, Dubrava Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min (director's cut)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Filmed back-to-back with Taur, il re della forza bruta (1963)

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Connections

Follows Taur, il re della forza bruta (1963)

User Reviews

THOR AND THE AMAZON WOMEN (Alberto Leonviola, 1963) *1/2

This is another film which I have just watched but it has already slipped my mind quite completely! Indeed, the peplum genre – especially in its lowest form, and this is easily among the least I have watched! – has a curious tendency to be instantly forgettable.

The fact that this features no recognizable cast members certainly did not help and, though I purposely scheduled it to be viewed right after the brand-new Marvel/Kenneth Branagh blockbuster THOR (2011), unsurprisingly the film has nothing at all to do with that superhero figure despite featuring a character by that name in the English-dubbed version I watched. Rather, as can be gleaned from the title, it awkwardly blends mild feminist attitudes with the vaguest whiff of Scandinavian mythology (I guess the film-makers could not get the rights to Hercules, Maciste or any of those other muscle-bound characters!); incidentally, it was originally released as, simply, LE GLADIATRICI – that is to say, making no reference whatsoever to the dime-a-dozen he-man hero (here played by the generically-named Joe Robinson)!

However I rack my brain to try to recall the plot details, I cannot come up with anything substantial…and the same goes for the rest of the protagonists, be it friends or foes! I can only surmise that the people involved kept the script handy in order to get from Point A to Point B during the shooting stage of this type of unassuming (read: invincibly low-brow) fare – but it does feel odd that, having gone through 86 minutes of it, there is nothing tangible to talk about after only a couple of days! Actually, there is a 10-page dissection of the film available online…but I will be damned if I am going to read it to jog my memory of it all…but, from the accompanying stills, I hazily recall: Thor fighting a caged ape; his having a colored sidekick; the villainous Queen of Babylos {sic} having a fluffy white cat for a pet; and her gladiatress minions not only getting to don Smurf-like head-gear but forever prone to breaking into the hilarious war-cry of "Elt! Elt! Elt!" WTF?!