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Le géant de Thessalie

Original title: I giganti della Tessaglia
  • 1960
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  • 1h 38m
IMDb RATING
5.1/10
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Le géant de Thessalie (1960)
AdventureFantasy

In order to placate the angry gods, who have allowed Thessaly to be overrun with barbarian invaders and beset with natural disasters, King Jason takes his Argonauts on a search for the fable... Read allIn order to placate the angry gods, who have allowed Thessaly to be overrun with barbarian invaders and beset with natural disasters, King Jason takes his Argonauts on a search for the fabled Golden Fleece. Meanwhile, back at home, his scheming regent is plotting to get his hands... Read allIn order to placate the angry gods, who have allowed Thessaly to be overrun with barbarian invaders and beset with natural disasters, King Jason takes his Argonauts on a search for the fabled Golden Fleece. Meanwhile, back at home, his scheming regent is plotting to get his hands on the kingdom--and the queen.

  • Director
    • Riccardo Freda
  • Writers
    • Giuseppe Masini
    • Mario Rossetti
    • Riccardo Freda
  • Stars
    • Roland Carey
    • Ziva Rodann
    • Massimo Girotti
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.1/10
    405
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    • Director
      • Riccardo Freda
    • Writers
      • Giuseppe Masini
      • Mario Rossetti
      • Riccardo Freda
    • Stars
      • Roland Carey
      • Ziva Rodann
      • Massimo Girotti
    • 25User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
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    Roland Carey
    Roland Carey
    • Giasone
    Ziva Rodann
    Ziva Rodann
    • Creusa
    Massimo Girotti
    Massimo Girotti
    • Orpheus
    Alberto Farnese
    Alberto Farnese
    • Adrasto
    Nadia Sanders
    • La regina Gaia
    • (as Nadine Duca)
    Luciano Marin
    Luciano Marin
    • Euristeo
    Cathia Caro
    Cathia Caro
    • Aglaia
    Alfredo Varelli
    Alfredo Varelli
    • Argus
    Gil Delamare
    Gil Delamare
    • Alceo
    Maria Teresa Vianello
    Maria Teresa Vianello
    • La sorella di Gaia
    Nando Tamberlani
    Nando Tamberlani
    • Il padre di Aglaia
    Alberto Sorrentino
    • Licaone
    Massimo Pianforini
    • Il padre di Argus
    Paolo Gozlino
    • Laertes
    Raf Baldassarre
    Raf Baldassarre
    • Antinous
    Nando Angelini
    • Un membro dell'equipaggio
    Takis Kavouras
    • Leocritus
    • (as Taki Karas)
    Franco Gentili
    • Director
      • Riccardo Freda
    • Writers
      • Giuseppe Masini
      • Mario Rossetti
      • Riccardo Freda
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    6Bunuel1976

    THE GIANTS OF THESSALY (Riccardo Freda, 1960) **1/2

    This is an earlier version of the same events narrated in JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS (1963), arguably the screen's finest mythological epic and Ray Harryhausen's magnum opus, and it's a reasonably intelligent and enjoyable retelling in which, surprisingly, even the comic relief works. Still, Roland Carey makes for a colorless Jason - but Massimo Girotti is a suitably morose Orpheus, though his contribution is minimal and was probably only featured for marquee value!

    Though a subsequent effort - MACISTE ALL' INFERNO (1962) - proved a disappointment, Riccardo Freda's involvement here ensures that this is one of the better peplums, even if the result is rather static and hokey overall (particularly the cheap-looking Cyclops). Besides, Carlo Rustichelli's score - which may have been borrowed from some other film or was perhaps re-used, as it sounded oddly familiar to me! - is pretty good...
    10Maciste_Brother

    Excellent PEPLUM; contains one of the best S&S sequences ever made

    THE GIANTS OF THESSALY is one of the better PEPLUM films made during the PEPLUM/Musclemen/Sword & Sandal explosion of the the late 50s/early 60s. The assured hand of Riccardo Freda keeps it going even if there are some weak spots in it, the weak aspects being the acting (there's a scene with an actress tied to a rock and her acting is pitiful) and some cheesy sets and effects. But the bad aspect of this film do not diminish the entire overall effect and it's pretty cool. British actor Roland Carey makes a nice change over the usual Steve Reeves or Mark Forest or Gordon Scott. Physically, Roland is imposing. He looks tall and built but not too built like a body builder. His physique is believable. Roland plays Jason and the story is basically the quest for the Golden Fleece (part of this story was already incorporated in HERCULES(1958) ).

    He leads a boat filled a beefy crew and they got through a bunch of great and not so great adventures, culminating with the finding of the Golden Fleece. The scene when Roland Carey gets the fleece is one of the greatest moments ever made in a PEPLUM. From the boat, to climbing up a cliff that leads to the statue where Jason as to climb all the way to the top of the statue to retrieve the fleece is simply amazing. Combined with the rousing score (one of the best and most familiar scores in any Sword & Sandal) and you have a brilliant scene. It makes the movie and Riccardo Freda's direction really shines here.

    The DVD available in the US is of terrible quality. I've seen a clear fully widescreen HD version and it's amazing. The US DVD doesn't do it justice.

    And to those who think this is nothing more than a weak rip-off of the Ray Harryhausen version of Jason & the Argonauts, well THE GIANTS OF THESSALY was made 3 years before the Harryhausen flick.
    5michaeldukey2000

    Another cheesy Meatball

    Pretty average spectacle of the crank 'em out kind that showed up every weekend when I was about six or seven.

    Mickey Hargitay musta been busy greasin' up his biceps or frolicking around with Jayne and Reeves wanted good money so they opted for Roland Carey who despite a decent chest is very colorless and blah.

    The plot is as thin as pizza but serves well for the usual blend of fight,flounder and flex.

    TO it's credit there is some good fantasy music,a hilarious one eyed gorilla,a wacky witch and the requisite harem dance.

    If you got some pals that are good with the MST3K style of back talk you'll have plenty of fodder here.Fans of SOuth Park will hardly resist a remark or two about Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride.

    If your a fan ,check it out otherwise forget it unless you want something to clear the kids out of the room.
    7DoctorThotcer

    Unintentionally funny yet pretty entertaining

    This was the American dubbed version entitled The Giants Of Thesally.

    This movie whisks you away to a magical land of far far away, where men were real men on boats, women were slightly thinner men on boats, and real women stay at home to deliver plot dumps whilst staring wistfully off into the middle distance.

    Badly made, appallingly edited, poorly dubbed, with effects that only 1940s BBC sci-fi would admire, yet bizarrely, very nicely scored.

    Brought to you in No Continuity-O-Vision!

    Goes well with a few beers and laughs.
    6KennethEagleSpirit

    I enjoyed it, its kind of cool.

    Not the greatest movie of its kind, but far from the worst. Certain things are low points. Like continuity. Its so so. When a terrible storm hits the Argos you'd expect the deck to pitch and not be stable. As the movie moves from one part of the story line to the next certain things seem to be left out. But for the most part these things are nonessential and their lack does not make the thing hard to follow, so the loss is minimal. But the upside ... The sets and costumes are well done. The movie, despite the lack of continuity in spots, flows well and is easy to follow. The dubbing, this flick being Italian, is OK. Dubbing, I think, can never be better than just OK. When a person speaks in one language and then the thing gets dubbed in another, well, the mouths and words are never going to match up all that well. But the folks who did the dubbed voices did their job very well. They carry the emotions that go with the plot and characters very well. In fact thats probably the best aspect, technically speaking, of the whole film. The choreography is pretty good. Fights actually look, more or less, like fights. The one eyed monster is campy style cool. The plot is fair for a movie about Jason and his friends. Its not hard to watch. If you like this genre I think you'll enjoy this movie.

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    • Trivia
      Carlo Rambaldi was the responsible for the Cyclops special effects. He received credit as "creazione animate", which translates to "animated creation".
    • Goofs
      The 'giant' cyclops is clearly just a guy in a suit, most obvious whenever one of its muscular attackers leaps over and hangs onto it, and they transform into a small skinny boy (obviously in an attempt to make it appear much larger).
    • Quotes

      Regina Gaia: [to Giasone/Jason] We're both like trees which produce a marvelous fruit that no one is allowed to gather.

    • Connections
      Edited into Spisok korabley (2008)

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    • Release date
      • July 7, 1961 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • Italy
      • France
    • Language
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Les géants de Thessalie
    • Filming locations
      • Cinecittà Studios, Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, Italy(studio: made at, as Cinecittà)
    • Production companies
      • Alexandra Film
      • Societé Cinématographique Lyre
      • Alexandra Film
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 38m(98 min)
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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