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The Giants of Thessaly (Italian: I giganti della Tessaglia (Gli Argonauti), French: Le Géant de Thessalie, released in the UK as Jason and the Golden Fleece) is a 1960 Italian-French adventure-fantasy film directed by Riccardo Freda. It is loosely based on the epic poem Argonautica by Apollonius Rhodius.[3]

The Giants of Thessaly
Directed by	Riccardo Freda
Screenplay by	Giuseppe Masini Mario Rossetti Riccardo Freda Ennio de Concini[1]
Produced by	Virgilio De Blasi[2]
Starring	Roland Carey Ziva Rodann Alberto Farnese Massimo Girotti
Cinematography	Václav Vích Raffaele Masciocchi[1]
Edited by	Otello Colangeli[2]
Music by	Carlo Rustichelli[1]
Production companies	Alexandra Produzioni Cinematografiche Lyres Societé Cinématographique[2]
Distributed by	Filmar
Release date	6 December 1960 (1960-12-06) (Italy)
Running time	87 minutes[1]
Countries	Italy France[1]
Box office	₤408 million

Plot

Thessaly, overrun with barbarian invaders and beset with natural disasters, sends King Jason and his Argonauts on a search for the fabled Golden Fleece. Meanwhile, back home, his scheming cohort is plotting to get his hands on the kingdom and the queen.

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Cast

• Roland Carey [fr] as Jason
• Ziva Rodann as Creusa
• Massimo Girotti as Orfeo
• Alberto Farnese as Adrasto
• Nadine Sanders [it] as Queen Gaia
• Luciano Marin as Euristeo
• Cathia Caro [fr] as Aglaia
• Alfredo Varelli as Argo
• Maria Teresa Vianello [it] as Gaia's Sister
• Nando Tamberlani as Aglaia's Father
• Alberto Sorrentino as Licaone
• Paolo Gozlino as Laerte
• Raf Baldassarre as Antinoo

Release

The Giants of Thessaly was released in Italy on 6 December 1960 where it was distributed by Filmar.[2] It grossed a total of 408 million Italian lire domestically.[2]

Reception

In a contemporary review, the Monthly Film Bulletin noted that the script "owes very little to the legend, instead stringing together a series of action highlights, settings and characters which, if anything, have even less consistency than the strip-cartoon formula to which they owe their inspiration."[4] The review noted that the "scaling of the colossal statue is moderately spectacular, too. The rest, including the filtered colour, is sub-Bava, let down by indifferent acting, irrelevance (what on earth is Orpheus doing in the film?) unimpressive trick-work (the island monster) and abysmal dubbing."[4]

References

Footnotes

Sources

External links

• The Giants of Thessaly at IMDb 

На других языках

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- [en] The Giants of Thessaly

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[ru] Аргонавты: В поисках золотого руна

«Аргонавты: в поисках золотого руна» («Фессалийский гигант») итал. I giganti della Tessaglia (Gli Argonauti) — фильм-пеплум с элементами фэнтези итальянского режиссёра Рикардо Фреда, вышедший 6 декабря 1960 года, вольная интерпретация древнегреческого мифа о Ясоне и аргонавтах, отправившихся на поиски золотого руна.

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