This is a list of films that feature the Greek divine hero Hercules. During the 1950s and 1960s, a series of films featuring Hercules were produced in Italy.
When King Salmoneus impersonates Zeus, the king of the gods smites him for his gall. The good people of Thessaly, however, turn to Hercules for leadership and crown him as their new king instead.
Statue of Hercules at rest leaning against his club on which his lion skin is draped. A 216 CE Roman copy of a Greek original from the 4th century BC. Credit: Naples National Archaeological Museum / ...
When the scene arrives of Hercules wrestling a CGI lion and killing it with a headlock, you’ll know that this was not a film made with love and passion. With so many obvious “influences ...