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'The Giants of Thessaly' (, , 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.

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.

Cast



* as Jason

*Ziva Rodann as Creusa

*Massimo Girotti as Orfeo

*Alberto Farnese as Adrasto

* as Queen Gaia

*Luciano Marin as Euristeo

* as Aglaia

* Alfredo Varelli as Argo

* 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. It grossed a total of 408 million Italian lire domestically.

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." 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."

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