"Ercole alla conquista di Atlantide" Presented in 70mm |
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| Written by: | Date: 22.07.2021 |
 HERKULES
EROBERT ATLANTIS German posterAlso known as: "Ercole alla conquista di Atlantide" "Herkules Erobert Atlantis" "Hercules Conquers Atlantis" "Hercules and the Captive Women" Friday, August 27th at 15:00 at the Schauburg Cinerama, Karlsruhe Monumentalfilm / 1961 / Director: Vittorio Cottafavi / 103 Min. / 70mm After numerous adventures, the son of the gods Hercules finds himself in Atlantis, where he and his companions take on the island queen Antenea, who has it in for the gods of the Greeks. Among the Italian "sandal films" (Pepla) that took their cue from U.S. monumental films, this 70mm production stands out: lavishly produced, imaginatively designed and with cheerful comic charm, problems are solved through muscle power. Nach zahlreichen Abenteuern verschlägt es den Göttersohn Herkules nach Atlantis, wo er sich mit seinen Begleitern gegen die Inselkönigin Antenea stellt, die es auf die Götter der Griechen abgesehen hat. Unter den italienischen „Sandalenfilmen“ (Pepla), die sich an US-Monumentalfilme anlehnten, ragt diese 70mm-Produktion heraus: Aufwändig produziert, fantasievoll gestaltet und mit fröhlichem Comic-Charme werden Probleme durch Muskelkraft gelöst. With short screening: "Sky over Holland" (1967 / John Fernhout / 22 Min. / 70mm) - presented in MCS 70 - Superpanorama • Go to Notes about the filming of "Motion" and "Sky over Holland" "Ercole alla conquista di Atlantide" was photographed in 35mm Technirama, and presented in Super Technirama 70. |
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