The Colossus of Rhodes ( El coloso de Rodas ) ( Il colosso di Rodi )

The Colossus of Rhodes (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: El coloso de Rodas
Alternate Title: Il colosso di Rodi
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
246 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Anamorphic Widescreen
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1961 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Italy ( Italy, Greece )
Spain ( Spain, Portugal )

Directed By:
Sergio Leone

Written By:
Luciano Chitarrini
Ennio De Concini

Actors:
Rory Calhoun ..... Darios
Lea Massari ..... Diala
Georges Marchal ..... Peliocles
Conrado San Martín ..... Thar (as Conrado Sanmartin)
Ángel Aranda ..... Koros
Mabel Karr ..... Mirte
Mimmo Palmara ..... Ares
Roberto Camardiel ..... Serse
George Rigaud ..... Lissipu (as Jorge Rigaud)
Alf Randal

Synopsis:

A Greek military hero named Darios visits his uncle in Rhodes in the year 280 BC. Rhodes has just finished constructing an enormous colossus of Apollo to guard its harbor and is planning an alliance with Phoenicia which would be hostile to Greece. Darios flirts with the beautiful Diala, daughter of the statue's mastermind, while becoming involved with a group of rebels headed by Peliocles. These rebels seek to overthrow the tyrannical King Serse as does Serse's evil second-in-command, Thar. The rebels' revolt seems to fail, with Peliocles and his men being captured and forced to provide amusement in the local arena, but an earthquake eventually upsets, not only the Colossus in the harbor, but the balance of power in Rhodes as well.

Sergio Leone's first solo directorial effort was this colorful sword-and-sandal epic set in ancient Greece. Rory Calhoun stars as Dario, a captain in the Greek army who must travel to the island of Rhodes to destroy the huge bronze statue of Colossus, which hurls molten lead at its attackers. Dario also battles for his life in the arena and saves victims from a torture chamber before the climactic earthquake which brings the Colossus down. Many of the supporting players in this Italian-French-Spanish co-production went on to become regulars in the exploitation films of Jesus Franco.

While on holiday in Rhodes, Athenian war hero Darios becomes involved in two different plots to overthrow the tyrannical king, one from Rhodian patriots and the other from sinister Phoenician agents.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 14 January, 2010.

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