Damon and Pythias (film)
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Duration Country ItalyUnited States | 4.6/10 IMDb Genre Adventure Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 1962 (1962) Screenplay Samuel Marx, Franco Riganti Cast (Damon), Don Burnett (Pythias), (Nerissa), (Adriana), (Mereka - Nerissa's Friend), Arnoldo Foà (Dionysius the Tyrant)Similar movies Angelo Francesco Lavagnino composed the music for Damon and Pythias and The Colossus of Rhodes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Il tiranno di Siracusa (English Release Title: Damon and Pythias) is a 1962 Italian/American film directed by Curtis Bernhardt. The film is based on the Greek legend of Damon and Pythias, and set during the reign of Dionysius I of Syracuse (432-367 BC).
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Plot summary
In ancient Greece, Pythias from Athens is on a trip to Syracuse. The tyrant Dionysius of Syracuse sees him as a dangerous follower of the philosopher Pythagoras and condemns him to death.
Pythias begs Dionysus to allow him to visit his wife in Athens promising to return to Syracuse to be executed. Pythias' friend Damon volunteers to be held hostage until Pythias returns. Dionysius sees this as the opportunity to demonstrate the falsity of Pythagoras' philosophy.
Dionysius allows Pythias to leave but doesn't expect him to return. Dionysius prepares to execute Damon, but at the last minute, Pythias returns to take Damon's place before the executioner. The tyrant's son intervenes and Damon and Pythias are both spared.
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Reception
The film made a profit of $6,000.
Release
The international distribution was taken over by MGM.
Biography
References
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