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| Directed by | Giorgio Venturini |
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| Based on | Aeneis by Publius Vergilius Maro |
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| Cinematography | Angelo Lotti |
| Edited by | Antonietta Zita |
| Music by | Giovanni Fusco |
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| Running time | 95 minutes |
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The Avenger (Italian: La leggenda di Enea, lit. 'The Legend of Aeneas') is a 1962 film directed by Giorgio Venturini.
Plot summary
Aeneas leads escaped survivors of the Trojan War to new land in Italy. Based on Virgil's The Aeneid.
Cast
- Steve Reeves as Enea (Aeneas)
- Carla Marlier as Lavinia, Latino's Daughter
- Liana Orfei as Camilla, Queen of the Volsci
- Giacomo Rossi-Stuart as Eurialo (Euryalus)
- Gianni Garko as Turno (Turnus), King of the Rusalie (Rutuli)
- Mario Ferrari as King Latino (Latinus)
- Lulla Selli as Queen Amata, Latino's Wife
- Maurice Poli as Mesenzio (Mezentius), Turno's Henchman
- Luciano Benetti as Sergesto (Sergestus)
- Pietro Capanna as Bisia
- Enzo Fiermonte as Acate (Achates)
- Charles Band as Julio (Ascanius)
- Benito Stefanelli as Niso (Nisus)
- Nerio Bernardi as Drance
- Adriano Vitale as Dancer
- Walter Zappolini as Dancer
- Robert Bettoni as Pallante (Pallas)
Release
The Avenger was released in Italy on 28 November 1962 with a running time of 95 minutes. It was released in the United States in June 1965 with a 105-minute running time.
See also
References
Footnotes
- ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 22.
- ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 23.
Sources
- Kinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (2017). Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476662916.
External links
- The Avenger at IMDb
- The Avenger is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
- 1962 films
- Films based on poems
- 1960s fantasy adventure films
- Films based on classical mythology
- Works based on the Aeneid
- Films scored by Giovanni Fusco
- Sword-and-sandal films
- Italian fantasy adventure films
- French fantasy adventure films
- Yugoslav fantasy adventure films
- Films directed by Giorgio Venturini
- 1960s Italian films
- 1960s French films