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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Cast
| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Steve Reeves | ... | Enea / Aeneas | |
| Giacomo Rossi Stuart | ... | Euryalus (as Giacomo Rossi-Stuart) | |
| Carla Marlier | ... | Lavinia - Latino's Daughter | |
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Mario Ferrari | ... | Latino - King of Latium |
| Enzo Fiermonte | ... | Acate | |
| Gianni Garko | ... | Turno - King of the Rutuli | |
| Liana Orfei | ... | Camilla - Queen of the Volsci | |
| Nerio Bernardi | ... | Drance | |
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Robert Bettoni | ... | Pallante |
| Maurice Poli | ... | Mezensio - Turno's Henchman | |
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Lulla Selli | ... | Amata - Latino's Wife |
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Pietro Capanna | ... | Bisia |
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Benito Stefanelli | ... | Nisius = Euryalus' Friend |
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Adriano Vitale | ... | Dancer: Hunter |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
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Augusto Terzoni | ... | Dancer: Deer (unconfirmed) |
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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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Language:
ItalianRelease Date:
June 1964 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
The Avenger See more »Company Credits
Production Co:
Mercury Films, La Société des Films Sirius, Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale Cinématographique (CICC) See more »
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(Retromedia DVD edition) | (Retromedia DVD)Sound Mix:
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2.35 : 1
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Italian censorship visa #38951 issued November 27, 1962. See more »Goofs
During the revolt at King Latino's palace, Steve Reeves's stand-in (who by the way is clearly a different man with curly, ruffled hair) lifts two opponents and throws them back. During the whole scene, the wires they are hanging from are blatantly obvious. See more »Crazy Credits
Co-screenwriter Albert Band is the sole credited director on English language versions of the film. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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The Avenger covers the story of Aeneas and how he led some survivors of Troy into exile on the Italian peninsula. Steve Reeves repeats his role Aeneas from The Trojan War as the exiled Trojans look to make a new home.
Unfortunately in Etruscan Italy their addition complicates what looks like a delicately balanced situation among a lot of petty kings. One of them covets the land the Trojans have been granted on to settle.
In the tradition of the Trojan War the film is cut above a lot of the Peplum epics that the Italians were churning out in the early 60s, taking advantage of those sets left over from Ben-Hur and Quo Vadis. It's all based on Virgil's Aeneid.
And we get to see more of Steve Reeves physical development. That's what many were plunking their money down to see/