In classical mythology, hercules is famous for his strength and for his numerous farranging adventures. See more ideas about hercules, movies and movie posters. On the island hercules kills a lion with his hands and winds up being mistaken for samson. Hercules, samson and ulysses pictures rotten tomatoes. Indeed, samsons name means like the sun, and his story possesses a number of solar and solilunar elements, such as the tearing down of the two pillars of the temple, a solar motif likewise found in the myth of hercules or herakles, as is the tale of a lion killed by the heros bare hands. The hercules and samson are the blockheads you would expect, but ulysses, true to his origin in homer, is a wily and engaging character, who makes fun of the others while solving their problems. Hercules had 2 pillars called the pillars of hercules or the strait of gibraltar. Its pretty clear what youre getting into with a movie that brings those. Hercules has no known weakness, except for accounts of him being too confident and lustful. The crooked duo deduce about the hercules acting as a decoy, but charlie manages to escape on time with samson. Jun 07, 2019 hercules was a greek god, the son of zeus and alcmene, and one of the bestknown heroes in greek and roman mythology. It was released to television in the united states with a 91minute running time. Steve reeves,hercules,maciste,samson,goliath,gladiator.
Samson and hercules 3 in the th and 14th centuries b. Michelangelos original project for a marble group to serve as pendant to his david in the piazza signoria, florence, began in 1508 as a hercules and cacus. Their ship is wrecked and they end up in the holy land where hercules is assumed to be. Hercules, samson and ulysses 1965 on the greek island of ithaca. Hercules, samson and ulysses classic cinema online.
This means that some actors are badly dubbed, while others speak english which is always a little disconcerting when viewing. He was the roman equivalent of the greek divine hero heracles, who was the son of zeus roman equivalent jupiter and the mortal alcmene. On one of the many greek islands, hercules and ulysses are asked to kill a sea serpent menacing the coast and its inhabitants. Download vintage exploitation horror giallo scifi cat. So it seems as though the foundation for the greek version is somehow tied to the ancient scripture of the bible judges 16. The two men then engage in an epic battle among some styrofoam and sponge ruins which they topple further before their mutual respect convinces them to join forces against the philistine king. The italian title translates as hercules challenges samson, in case. Rod flash hercules, samson and ulysses home facebook. Hercules, samson and ulysses manufactured on demand, mono. Aug 29, 2014 hercules is able to resist delilahs charms and they eventually find samson. Hercules both samson and hercules have special messages to portray. The research will discuss how each can be interpreted in terms of heroic tragedy.
On the island, they must battle a vicious lion and fellow strongman samson, who. A losing battle with a sea monster strands hercules and ulysses on a remote island in this mythological fantasy. Ercole sfida sansone is a 1963 italian metrocolor peplum film directed by pietro francisci. And, i was shocked that it wasnt a movie trailer in italian, it was the complete film i ordered two of these on dvd, three years ago on amazon.
Whether or not you regard one or both to be fictional characters, or believe one or both to have a historical grounding, it is an interesting question. Hercules samson and ulysses 1963 aka ercole sfida sansone. Herculess father was zeus, the ruler of gods on mount olympus and humans on earth, and his mother was alcmene, the granddaughter of perseus, who famously slayed medusa hercules. Last time i read doc samson he was lifting maybe 25 tons. Therefore, samson would be the victor over hercules.
Once his hair was cut off, he lost all his strength. They grunt, groan, and draw some blood before the fight is called a draw. Trailer three musclemen of legend take on the philistines in this 1964 swordandsandal epic, filmed in italy and starring kirk morris as hercules. Hercules, samson and ulysses dvdr 1965 warner archive. With kirk morris, iloosh khoshabe, liana orfei, diletta dandrea. Iii, erotic, horror, scifi, the most insane, odd, rare exploitation movies are here. At one point, samson knocks hercules against a column of stones. This movie, like all its italian muscleman predecessors, is so goodnatured.
Hercules had set out to find samson and deliver him to the philistines in exchange for the imprisoned ulysses and other ithacans. Hercules, samson and ulysses is a reassuringly camp swordandsandals epic, clearly filmed on a shoestring budget and utilising the services of a mix of both domestic and noname us actors. On one of the many greek islands, hercules and ulysses are asked to kill a sea serpent menacing the coast and its. The only real good thing it has going for it is when dueling bodybuilders, hercules kirk morrisadriano bellini and samson richard lloydiloosh khoshabe, destroy pretty.
Samsons story is found in the book of judges chapters 16. Ulysses against the son of hercules was released in italy on 3 february 1962. Jun 14, 2017 samson and hercules have a lot in common. Hercules hercules, known in greek as heracles or herakles, is one of the most famous heroes in greek and roman mythology.
Hercules, samson and ulysses kirk morris richard lloyd enzo cerusico 1965 hercules kirk morris and samson richard lloyd fight each other, then team up with ulysses enzo cerusico against a tyrant. Hercules and samsons first marriages both failed after samson killed 30 philistines, his fatherinlaw gave away his wife to another man, thinking from samsons rage that he no longer wanted her as a wife new american bible judges 15. Samson breaks vows, marries outside of the people of israel twice, and. The film has also been released as ulysses against hercules. Hercules director pietro franciscis hercules, samson, and ulysses qualifies as an imaginative but juvenile yarn about the three titular ancient world heroes. Samson and hercules follow a pizza truck to carny and slicks hangout which is a stables. The only real good thing it has going for it is when dueling bodybuilders, hercules kirk morrisadriano bellini and samson richard lloydiloosh khoshabe, destroy pretty much everything in their path. Ulysses against the son of hercules 1962 rinkworks. Hercules, samson and ulysses is generally regarded as the last gasp of the peplum movies, and its only appropriate that it should be directed by pietro francisci, who started the whole fad with the 1958 hercules, which put a pulp dimension into the biblicalera spectacles that were so popular at the box office. He portrayed hercules at least three times on screen, most notably in 1965s hercules, samson, and ulysses with. This movie, like all its italian muscleman predecessors, is so good natured. Hercules, samson and ulysses pictures and photo gallery check out just released hercules, samson and ulysses pics, images, clips, trailers, production photos and more from rotten tomatoes. Jul 26, 2016 starring kirk morris, iloosh khoshabe and liana orfei. The costume designers for this movie used repurposed nazi helmets for the philistine headgear.
Aug 30, 2012 samson and hercules have a lot in common. In a tale not told in the iliad, hercules and ulysses are blown off course and land in judea where the visiting muscle dude has been mistaken for their local legendary muscle dude. Samson is the biblical hercules, a man of superhuman strength who nonetheless could not escape tragedy. However since thor is the god of thunder and has class 100 and hercules is the god of.
Hercules acts as a decoy to them both and samson goes to free charlie who was locked up in a barn. In this fantasy, hercules and ulysses end up marooned on an island when they lose a battle with a sea monster. Starring kirk morris, iloosh khoshabe and liana orfei. In classical mythology, hercules is famous for his strength and for his numerous farranging adventures the romans adapted the greek heros iconography and myths for their literature and. Hercules is told to capture samson in exchange for ulysses and his friends release,but when hercules find samson its not that easy because samson his just has strong has him. Samson and hercules are very similar, both having god like strength and both being mortal, but they were also very different. After they complain to the king, he recruits heroes hercules kirk morris and ulysses enzo cerusico to vanquish the beast. Hera put a spell on hercules when he was a young adult that made him temporarily crazy, causing him to. This must have been towards the end of the italian musclemen epics. He is the last of the major judges who led the israelites, but he is hardly an ideal role model or savior. Hercules conquers atlantis hercules in the haunted world 1961 aka. Samson was born in a time where the philistines were dominating his homeland of israel newland 109.
Though they share many similarities, the significance of their stories are vastly different. New artist endorsement announcement jesse black liu from chthonic. Hercules, samson and ulysses dvd 1965 region 1 us import. Monster of terror 1965 teenage bonnie and klepto clyde 1993 eight. The hercules low profile mic stand ms540b with telescoping boom is ideal for drum and amp microphone applications. The conquest of mycenae 1963, samson against the pirates 1963, hercules against the moon men 1964, hercules, prisoner of evil 1964, samson 1961.
A comparison this research will compare and contrast the mythic figures hercules, from greek mythology, and samson, from the hebrew bible. Samson s strength comes from the one true god, while hercules strength came from the birth of zeus and a mortal woman whos name i have forgotten. Although it may be obvious to you by the titles alone, these swordandsandal pictures draw heavily from greek mythology, as did so many of the films that. In hercules, samson and ulysses, kirk morris portrayed hercules to richard.
Samson has god while hercules has a god just a common god many hercules fans dont know about although hercules displayed a better feats, samson s story was based on gods purpose and sufficiency, the cutting of the hair was designed upon samson s prayer to god to magnify the sufficient strength of god, if a deathbattle has to happen god will suffice adequate strength to samson to destroy. Numerous sword and sandal epics were made in europe in the early 1960s and later, starring such actors as paul wynter, richard lloyd aka rod flash, the barbarian brothers, enzo cerusico, pierre brice, and others. How can i download this moviehercules samson and ulysses. The film was released in the united states in 1964 with a 99minute running time. Hercules, samson and ulysses sounds like an interesting mix of greek mythology and biblical tales, but the gods that be cursed this film with a general sense of lousiness. Who would win if they fought one on one see more ideas about hercules, herakles, greek and roman mythology. Hercules and samson had the involvement of gods or a god, which they either inherited or were given certain powers from, in their lives since conception. Have archaeologists found evidence of the israelite hero samson.
The only real good thing it has going for it is when dueling bodybuilders, hercules kirk morrisadriano bellini and samson richard lloydiloosh khoshabe. Two strongmen set out to hunt down a murderous sea monster. Samson in a brawl to outdo them all, hurling spears, heaving chunks of pillars and, in the clinches, bending thick iron rods around each other. Hercules, samson and ulysses share this this is a story that takes us on an adventure with the ithacan hercules played by kirk morris a well built family man with godlike strength who is active in his community, so when hes summoned by the king laertes andrea fantasia to go fight a ferocious sea monster, hes eager to be of service. Hercules at the center of the earth hercules in the valley of woe 1961 ulysses against the son of hercules 1962 the fury of hercules 1962 aka.
And hercules warning samson, beware delilah also, the concept of greek mythology meeting christianity was interesting with truth and justice winning out. To prove that he is really hercules, he must battle with the real samson. Visit brians drivein theater for photos, biography and filmography information, and dvd and memorabilia sources for sword and sandal actors. Shipwrecked, they come to phoenicia and encounter the mighty samson, who they help in battling the vicious phoenicians. Spotted for films by an italian producer, morris went to rome in 1960 to begin a film career. About an hour into this beefcake epic, hercules challenges samson in a set of ruins and they swap mighty blows. Political upheavals and professional rivalry sabotaged this commission, which was revived only in 1528, with the subject changed to represent samson and two philistines. As the title shows, the list of characters includes just about everyone. Hercules was strong because he was the son of a god and he drank the milk of hera. Their ship is wrecked and they end up in the holy land where hercules is assumed to be samson who is a wanted man. After months of efforts, hercules stands is very pleased and excited to announce the launch.
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