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Music by Franco Trinacria Release date 1964 (1964) Initial release 31 July 1964 Cinematography Gábor Pogány | 4.6/10 IMDb Distributed by Titanus Running time 90 minutes Editor Otello Colangeli | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Produced by Adelphia Cin. caSocieta Ambrosiana Cin. ca Starring Reg ParkEttora ManniMireille GranelliMaria Teresa Orsini Cast Similar Directed by Antonio Margheriti, Hercules movies, Fantasy movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hercules prisoner of evil 1964 reg park mireille granelli ettore manni sword and sandal
Ursus il terrore dei Kirghisi (Ursus, Terror of the Kirghiz), internationally released as Hercules, Prisoner of Evil, is a 1964 Italian peplum film directed by Antonio Margheriti and an uncredited Ruggero Deodato. Deodato, the official assistant director, replaced Margheriti as he was busy with the completion of the film The Fall of Rome. Deodato actually directed most of the film in actuality but Margheriti was credited as the director. The film is filled with a variety of horrific themes and elements, featuring a killer werewolf, and is as much a horror film as it is a peplum.
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The mighty Ursus is given a potion to drink that transforms him on certain nights into a murderous werewolf. Ursus kills several innocent people in the forest in this unusual film before realizing that he himself is the creature the local villagers are seeking to destroy. Ursus is referred to as Hercules in the English-dubbed prints.