Hercules and the Captive Women (1961)

Ercole alla conquista di Atlantide

THE WEIRDEST! THE WILDEST! Half Woman! Half Stone!

95 min★ 4.4 · 1,850 votes

• Adventure
• Fantasy

King Androcles of Thebes commands a ship in search of a threat to Greece, predicted by an atmospheric oracle. Hercules is part of the crew, but the strongman falls overboard in a thick fog. Washed ashore, he saves a young Ismene from Proteus, an evil, shape-shifting creature. Ismene takes Hercules to Atlantis, where he discovers that her mother, Queen Antinea, has captured Androcles. Hercules schemes to rescue him and thwart Antinea's dream of world conquest.

Release date

August 19, 1961

Country of origin

Italy, France

Music

Gino Marinuzzi Jr., Armando Trovajoli