Hercules in the Valley of Woe

Hercules in the Valley of Woe
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Directed by	Mario Mattoli
Screenplay by	Marcello Marchesi Vittorio Metz^[1]
Produced by	Italo Matinenghi^[1]
Starring	Kirk Morris Franco Franchi Ciccio Ingrassia
Cinematography	Enzo Oddone^[1]
Edited by	Roberto Cinquini^[1]
Music by	Gianni Ferrio^[1]
Release date	19 December 1961 (1961-12-19) (Italy)
Running time	90 minutes^[1]
Country	Italy^[2]

Hercules in the Vale of Woe (Italian: Maciste contro Ercole nella valle dei guai/ Maciste vs Hercules in the Valley of Woe), a.k.a. Hercules in the Valley of Woe,^[3]^[4] is a 1961 Italian Franco and Ciccio comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Kirk Morris as Maciste and Frank Gordon as Hercules. The film is a comical take on the popular sword-and-sandal epics of the 1950s and 1960s.

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Plot

In Milan, a major theater entrepreneur's going to put on a show period piece set in the era of mythological Greece. However, by a lucky accident, the company of actors and the entrepreneur himself are catapulted back in time just at the time of invincible warriors and heroes of Homer and Hesiod. Now we learn that the king Eurystheus needed to drive to Hercules, the invincible hero, able to defeat his arch enemy Maciste, who wants to kidnap his girlfriend Deianira.

Cast

Kirk Morris as Maciste
Frank Gordon as Hercules
Franco Franchi as Francheo
Ciccio Ingrassia as Ingrassiade
Bice Valori
Mario Carotenuto
Gianna Cobelli
Carlo Croccolo
Sandra Mondaini
Liana Orfei
Ombretta Ostenda
Raimondo Vianello

Release

Hercules in the Valley of Woe was released in Italy on 19 December 1961.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 90.
^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 91.
^ Pomeroy, Arthur J. (7 August 2017). A Companion to Ancient Greece and Rome on Screen. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781118741351. Retrieved 16 June 2019 – via Google Books.
^ "Hercules in the Vale of Woe (1961) - UNCUT". www.uncut.at. Retrieved 16 June 2019.

Sources

Kinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (2017). Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476662916.

External links

Hercules in the Valley of Woe at IMDb

Films directed by Mario Mattoli

Full Speed (1934)
I Love You Only (1935)
The Man Who Smiles (1936)
Sette giorni all'altro mondo (1936)
La damigella di Bard (1936)
Music in the Square (1936)
The Last Days of Pompeo (1937)
These Children (1937)
Felicita Colombo (1937)
Destiny (1938)
Triumph of Love (1938)
Nonna Felicità (1938)
A Lady Did It (1938)
The Lady in White (1938)
At Your Orders, Madame (1939)
We Were Seven Widows (1939)
Defendant, Stand Up! (1939)
Mille chilometri al minuto! (1939)
Lo vedi come sei... lo vedi come sei? (1939)
Abandonment (1940)
The Pirate's Dream (1940)
Non me lo dire! (1940)
Light in the Darkness (1941)
Schoolgirl Diary (1941)
I Live as I Please (1942)
Invisible Chains (1942)
The Three Pilots (1942)
The Lady Is Fickle (1942)
Labbra serrate (1942)
Stasera niente di nuovo (1942)
The Valley of the Devil (1943)
Lively Teresa (1943)
Anything for a Song (1943)
The Last Wagon (1943)
The Za-Bum Circus (1944)
Life Begins Anew (1945)
Departure at Seven (1946)
The Two Orphans (1947)
Toto Tours Italy (1948)
Fear and Sand (1948)
Cab Number 13 (1948)
Assunta Spina (1948)
Little Lady (1949)
The Firemen of Viggiù (1949)
Adam and Eve (1949)
Totò Tarzan (1950)
The Merry Widower (1950)
The Elusive Twelve (1950)
The Cadets of Gascony (1950)
Toto the Sheik (1950)
Toto the Third Man (1951)
The Steamship Owner (1951)
Arrivano i nostri (1951)
My Heart Sings (1951)
Accidents to the Taxes!! (1951)
Five Paupers in an Automobile (1952)
Sardinian Vendetta (1952)
Neapolitan Turk (1953)
Siamo tutti inquilini (1953)
Funniest Show on Earth (1953)
Two Nights with Cleopatra (1954)
Toto Seeks Peace (1954)
The Doctor of the Mad (1954)
Poverty and Nobility (1954)
L'ultimo amante (1955)
Eighteen Year Olds (1955)
I giorni più belli (1956)
Peppino, le modelle e chella là (1957)
Toto, Peppino and the Fanatics (1958)
Move and I'll Shoot (1958)
Tipi da spiaggia (1959)
Prepotenti più di prima (1959)
Non perdiamo la testa (1959)
Guardatele ma non toccatele (1959)
Gentlemen Are Born (1960)
Un mandarino per Teo (1960)
Appuntamento a Ischia (1960)
Toto, Fabrizi and the Young People Today (1960)
Sua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiare (1961)
Hercules in the Valley of Woe (1961)
Appuntamento in riviera (1962)
5 marines per 100 ragazze (1962)
Obiettivo ragazze (1963)
Corpse for the Lady (1964)
For a Few Dollars Less (1966)

Hercules (Heracles)

Hercle
Ercole
Hercule
Alcide

Family

Zeus (father)
Alcmene (mother)
Megara, Omphale, Deianira, and Hebe (wives)
Heracleidae (children)

Events

Literature

Poems	Heracles Papyrus Shield of Heracles Catalogue of Women L'Atlàntida
Plays	Herakles Women of Trachis Hercules Furens Hercules Oetaeus
Other	The Labours of Hercules Hercules and the Wagoner

Art

Hercules and the lion of Nemea (5th century BCE)
Hercules of the Forum Boarium (2nd century BCE)
Lansdowne Heracles (c. 125)
Statue of Hercules, Dura-Europos (c. 150–256)
Farnese Hercules (216)
Hercules slaying Antaeus (c. 1460)
Hercules and Deianira (c. 1470)
Hercules and the Hydra (c. 1475)
Hercules Killing the Stymphalian Birds (1500)
Hercules and Antaeus (c. 1500–1510)
The Choice of Hercules (c. 1520–1525)
Hercules and Antaeus (1531)
Hercules and Cacus (1534)
The Origin of the Milky Way (1575–1580)
The Choice of Hercules (1596)
Hercules and Omphale (1603)
Hercules Fighting the Nemean Lion (1634)
Hercules and the Hydra (1634)
Hercules Separates Mounts Calpe and Abylla (1634)
The Death of Hercules (1634)
Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye (1636)
The Origin of the Milky Way (1637)
Hercules in the Garden of the Hesperides (1638)
Landscape with Hercules and Cacus (c. 1660)
Hercules and Omphale (1732–1734)
Libertas Americana (1783)
The Sanctuary of Hercules (1884)
Hercules the Archer (1909)
Achelous and Hercules (1947)
The Twelve Labors of Hercules (1981)
The Labors of Herakles (2006–2008)
Hercules and the Erymanthian Boar
Hercules and the Nemean Lion

Opera

Ercole amante (1662)
Alcide (1693)
Ercole su'l Termodonte (1723)
Admeto (1727)
Laßt uns sorgen, laßt uns wachen, BWV 213 (1733)
Hercules (1744)
Le nozze d'Ercole e d'Ebe (1747)
The Choice of Hercules (1750)
Hercule mourant (1761)
Le Rouet d'Omphale (1871)
Déjanire (1911)
Atlántida (1962)
Hercules vs. Vampires (2010)

Films

Italian series	Hercules (1957) Hercules Unchained (1959) Goliath and the Dragon (1960) The Loves of Hercules (1960) Hercules and the Conquest of Atlantis (1961) Hercules in the Haunted World (1961) Hercules in the Valley of Woe (1961) The Fury of Hercules (1962) Hercules, Samson and Ulysses (1963) Hercules vs. Moloch (1963) Hercules the Invincible (1964) Hercules Against Rome (1964) Hercules Against the Sons of the Sun (1964) The Triumph of Hercules (1964) Samson and His Mighty Challenge (1964) Hercules and the Tyrants of Babylon (1964) Hercules and the Princess of Troy (1965) Hercules the Avenger (1965)
Other European live-action	Herakles (1962) Hercules Against the Moon Men (1964)
American films live-action	The Warrior's Husband (1933) The Three Stooges Meet Hercules (1962) Jason and the Argonauts (1963) Hercules in New York (1970) Hercules (1983) The Adventures of Hercules (1985) Jason and the Argonauts (2000) Immortals (2011) The Legend of Hercules (2014) Hercules (2014)
Animated films	Hercules (1995) Hercules (1997) Hercules: Zero to Hero (1998) Hercules and Xena – The Animated Movie: The Battle for Mount Olympus (1998)