This is an original folded 27" x 39" Egyptian movie poster designed by
Ahmed Fouad for the 1961 Sergio Corbucci film Duel of the Titans AKA
Romulus and Remus starring Steve Reeves as
Romulus. Plot summary: In the days before the Roman Empire the twin
brothers Romulus and Remus [Gordon Scott] are raised by a wolf. After
they come of age they lead their people away from the surrounding
barbarians and found a new city, Rome. This is the story of the
founding of Rome.
Cast and crew: Sergio Corbucci, Ahmed Fouad, Steve Reeves, Gordon
Scott, Virna Lisi, Franco Volpi, Laura Solari, Piero Lulli, Jose
Greci, Gianni Musi, Andrea Bosic, Enrico Glori, Franco Balducci,
Germano Longo, Bruno Tocci, Giuliano Dell'Ovo, Massimo Girotti
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Wahib Fahmy for
the 1959 Pietro Francisci film Hercules Unchained
AKA Ercole e la regina di Lidia based on a story by Pietro
Francisci based on the Sophocles play Aedipus at Colonus, the
Aeschylus play The Seven against Thebes, screenplay by Ennio De
Concini and Pietro Francisci and starring Steve Reeves as Hercules.
Plot summary: Hercules is made an amnesiac because of water from a
magic spring he drinks while on his way to Thebes to intervene in a
quarrel between two brothers disputing the throne. He then becomes
captive of Queen Omphale of Lydia [Sylvia Lopez]. Omphale makes
Hercules her love slave, but everyone except Hercules, who has
forgotten his own name, knows his days are numbered because Omphale
will turn him into a statue when she's done with him. Young Ulysses
[Gabriele Antonini] tries to help Hercules recover his memory while
Iole [Sylva Koscina], the wife of Hercules, finds herself in mortal
danger because Eteocles [Sergio Fantoni] plans to throw her to the
wild beasts in his arena for entertainment. After remembering who he
is and killing three tigers Hercules is able to rescue his wife; he
then helps the army of Thebes repel mercenaries hired by Polynices.
The two brothers kill each other when they fight for the throne after
which the high priest Creon [Carlo D'Angelo] is made ruler by popular
acclaim.
Cast and crew: Aeschylus, Sophocles, Ennio De Concini, Pietro
Francisci, Wahib Fahmy, Steve Reeves, Sylva Koscina, Sylvia Lopez,
Gabriele Antonini, Primo Carnera, Patrizia Della Rovere, Sergio
Fantoni, Fulvia Franco, Carlo D'Angelo, Marisa Valenti, Mimmo Palmara,
Eida Tattoli, Daniele Vargas, Andrea Fantasia, Gino Mattera
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Saber and Aminco for
the 1961 Sergio Corbucci film Duel of the Titans AKA Romulus and Remus starring Steve Reeves as Romulus. Plot summary: In the
days before the Roman Empire the twin brothers Romulus and Remus
[Gordon Scott] are raised by a wolf. After they come of age they lead
their people away from the surrounding barbarians and found a new
city, Rome. This is the story of the founding of Rome.
Cast and crew: Sergio Corbucci, Steve Reeves, Gordon Scott, Virna
Lisi, Franco Volpi, Laura Solari, Piero Lulli, Jose Greci, Gianni
Musi, Andrea Bosic, Enrico Glori, Franco Balducci, Germano Longo,
Bruno Tocci, Giuliano Dell'Ovo, Massimo Girotti
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Moaty for a 1989
rerelease of the 1959 Pietro Francisci film Hercules Unchained
AKA Ercole e la regina di Lidia based on a story by Pietro
Francisci based on the Sophocles play Aedipus at Colonus, the
Aeschylus play The Seven against Thebes, screenplay by Ennio De
Concini and Pietro Francisci and starring Steve Reeves as Hercules.
Plot summary: Hercules is made an amnesiac because of water from a
magic spring he drinks while on his way to Thebes to intervene in a
quarrel between two brothers disputing the throne. He then becomes
captive of Queen Omphale of Lydia [Sylvia Lopez]. Omphale makes
Hercules her love slave, but everyone except Hercules, who has
forgotten his own name, knows his days are numbered because Omphale
will turn him into a statue when she's done with him. Young Ulysses
[Gabriele Antonini] tries to help Hercules recover his memory while
Iole [Sylva Koscina], the wife of Hercules, finds herself in mortal
danger because Eteocles [Sergio Fantoni] plans to throw her to the
wild beasts in his arena for entertainment. After remembering who he
is and killing three tigers Hercules is able to rescue his wife; he
then helps the army of Thebes repel mercenaries hired by Polynices.
The two brothers kill each other when they fight for the throne, after
which the high priest Creon [Carlo D'Angelo] is made ruler by popular
acclaim.
Cast and crew: Aeschylus, Sophocles, Ennio De Concini, Pietro
Francisci, Steve Reeves, Sylva Koscina, Sylvia Lopez, Gabriele
Antonini, Primo Carnera, Patrizia Della Rovere, Sergio Fantoni, Fulvia
Franco, Carlo D'Angelo, Marisa Valenti, Mimmo Palmara, Eida Tattoli,
Daniele Vargas, Andrea Fantasia, Gino Mattera
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian one-sheet poster designed by Wahib Fahmy
for the 1959 Carlo Campogalliani film Goliath and the
Barbarians written by Giuseppe Taffarel, Nino Stresa, Emimmo Salvi
and Gino Mangini and starring Steve Reeves as Emiliano, AKA Goliath.
Plot summary: In 568 AD the Germanic Lombard tribes invade northern
Italy in a murderous rampage of theft and destruction. Emiliano is
away when his village is attacked but when he returns he launches a
war of revenge against the invaders with the help of some of the
survivors from his village, including his sister Landa [Chelo Alonso].
Cast and crew: Steve Reeves, Carlo Campogalliani, Giuseppe
Taffarel, Nino Stresa, Emimmo Salvi, Gino Mangini, Chelo Alonso, Bruce
Cabot, Giulia Rubini, Arturo Dominici, Gino Scotti, Livio Lorenzon,
Luciano Marin, Andrea Checchi, Carla Calo, Fabrizio Capucci, Clara
Coppola, Cesare Fantoni, Carla Foscari, Veriano Ginesi
This is a 39" x 54" Italian two-sheet country-of-origin poster
designed by Studio Paradiso for the 1961 Arthur Lubin and Bruno
Vailati film The Thief of Baghdad based on a story by Augusto
Frassinetti, Filippo Sanjust and Bruno Vailati and starring Steve
Reeves as Karim. Plot summary: In the ancient days of the Arabian
Nights the city of Baghdad is ruled by Sultan Ali Bejazeth [Antonio
Battistella] but controlled on a daily basis by the evil Grand Vizier
Ghamal [Daniele Vargas]. The poor people of the city are aided by
Karim, the thief of Baghdad [Steve Reeves]. When Prince Osmer [Arturo
Dominici] comes to the palace to seek the hand of Amina, [Georgia
Moll] the Sultan's daughter, Karim ties him up so he can steal jewels
from the courtiers while impersonating Prince Osmer. Meanwhile Ghamal
is also interested in Amina and uses a love potion to try to make her
fall in love with him.
Cast and crew: Studio Paradiso, Arthur Lubin, Bruno Vailati, Augusto Frassinetti, Filippo Sanjust, Steve Reeves, Georgia Moll, Arturo Dominici, Edy Vessel, Daniel Vargas, Antonio Battistella, Fanfulla, Giancarlo Zarfati, Gina Mascetti, Antonio Rosmino, Ignazio Dolce, Mohammed Agrebi, Joudi Mohammed Jamil, Georges Chamarat
This is a 27" x 41" US one-sheet poster for the 1963 Umberto Lenzi
film Sandokan the Great based on the 1900 Emilio Salgari
novel Le tigri di Mompracem, screenplay by Victor Andres
Catena, Fulvio Gicca Palli and Umberto Lenzi and starring Steve Reeves
as Sandokan. Plot summary: In late 19th Century in East India
Sandokan is an Indian prince who has lost his kingdom to the English
in an invasion. He has become leader of a gang of pirates who harrass
British soldiers on a regular basis; this eventually breaks out into a
full-scale war.
Cast and crew: Steve Reeves, Umberto Lenzi, Victor Andres Catena, Fulvio Gicca Palli, Umberto Lenzi, Emilio Salgari, Genevieve Grad, Andrea Bosic, Rik Battaglia, Mario Valdemarin, Leo Anchoriz, Antonio Molino Rojo, Enzo Fiermonte, Wilbert Bradley, Maurice Poli, Gino Marturano, Nazzareno Zamperia, Giovanni Cianfriglia, Pietro Capanna, Ananda Kumar
This is a 27" x 39" Lebanese poster for a 1960 rerelease of the 1959
Bruno Vailati film Hercules Unchained based on a haphazard
composite of stories by Pietro Francisci, Sophocles and Aeschylus with
screenplay by Ennio De Concini and Pietro Francisci and starring Steve
Reeves as Hercules and Gabriele Antonini as Ulysses. Plot summary:
Hercules intervenes in a quarrel between the two brothers Eteocles
[Sergio Fantoni] and Polynices [Mimmo Palmara] over who will rule
Thebes. During this effort he drinks from a magic spring and is
hypnotized by a harem girl as she dances the Dance of Shiva. The
bewitched waters of the spring cause him to lose his memory and be
captured by the Lydian Queen Omphale [Sylvia Lopez], who is in the
habit of turning her male captives into statues after she tires of
them. Omphale makes Hercules her love slave, but everyone except
Hercules, who has forgotten his own name, knows his days are numbered.
Young Ulysses tries to help Hercules recover his memory while Iole
[Sylva Koscina], the wife of Hercules, finds herself in mortal danger
at the hands of Eteocles, who plans to throw her to the wild beasts in
his arena for entertainment. After remembering who he is and killing three tigers Hercules is
able to rescue his wife; he then helps the army of Thebes repel
mercenaries hired by Polynices. The two brothers kill each other when
they fight for the throne after which the high priest Creon [Carlo
D'Angelo] is made ruler by popular acclaim.
Cast and crew: Aeschylus, Ennio De Concini, Pietro Francisci, Steve Reeves, Sylva Koscina, Sylvia Lopez, Gabriele Antonini, Primo Carnera, Patrizia Della Rovere, Sergio Fantoni, Fulvia Franco, Carlo D'Angelo, Marisa Valenti, Mimmo Palmara, Eida Tattoli, Daniele Vargas, Andrea Fantasia, Gino Mattera
