Herkul

(Gr. Herakles, lat. Hercules - sin najvieg boga Zevsa i tirintske kraljice Alkmene, najvei junak grkih mitova)
S njegovim imenom se susreemo kao sa atributom oveka gorostasnog rasta i divovske snage. Ali Herkul nije bio samo ovek divovske
snage. On je imao i sve ljudske slabosti i vrline. Svojom snagom se sluio ne samo da bi stekao slavu nego da bi i doprineo boljitku
oveanstva. Uinio je vie od drugih ljudi ali je vie i trpeo. Upravo zbog toga je i postao junak. obio je nagradu za kojom je uzalud
eznuo njegov vavilonski prethodnik !ilgame ili "eniki #elkart. $spunila mu se nedostina ovekova tenja % postao je besmrtan.
&odio se u 'ebi( gde se bila sklonila njegova majka Alkmena sa svojim muem Am"itrionom. Am"itrion je ubio svog tasta )lektriona i
sklonio se u 'ebu bojei se osvete njegovog brata Stenela. *evs je znao za Herkulovo skoro ro+enje( i to ne samo kao sveznajui bog( nego
upravo zbog toga to je i sam u tome imao udela. Alkmena mu se( naime( veoma svi+ala pa je uzeo lik Am"itriona i bez tekoa uao u
njenu sobu. ,ad je doao dan Herkulvog ro+enja( *evs nije propustio priliku da u savetu bogova prorekne da e toga dana doi na svet
najvei junak. Hera je odmah naslutila da je tu opet re o posledi-ama jedne od njegovih ljubavnih avantura i odluila da mu se osveti.
.retvarala se kako ne veruje u *evsovo proroanstvo i zatraila da se zakune da e onaj ko se na taj dan rodi vladati svim ljudima( bili oni i
*evsovog roda. *evs se uhvatio u zamku i zakleo se da e se tako dogoditi. Hera se na to odmah pobrinula da Stenelova ena /ikipa isti
dan rodi sina( iako je bila tek u sedmom mese-u trudnoe( a Alkmenin poro+aj je zadrala. 'u se nita nije moglo izmeniti0 snani Herkul(
sin najvieg boga( morao je da slui slabom )uristeju( sinu smrtnog Stenela % alosna sudbina koju moe da pobedi samo pravi junak.
,ad se Herkul rodio( dobio je po svom tobonjem dedi ime Alkid. $me Herkul su mu dali kasnije( zbog toga to je 1kroz Heru stekao slavu1
2to je tradi-ionalno( iako ne i do kraja istraeno poreklo njegovog imena3. Hera je bila uzrok te slave( svakako protiv svoje volje( i to
preprekama koje mu je postavljala na njegovom ivotnom putu( svetei se zbog nevere svog mua. 'e Herine prepreke i zamke Herkul je
jednu za drugom uporno savladavao. 4im se rodio( Hera mu je u kolevku poslala dve zmije da ga ubiju. Herkul ih je zadavio. Am"itrion se
uasnuo nad snagom i spretnou deteta. Shvatio je da e onaj ko ve kao dete moe da uini takav podvig zaista daleko dospeti. *ato se
pobrinuo da Herkul bude primereno odgajan( ak i bolje nego njegov sin $"iklo. Herkulov uitelj u borbi orujem bio je *evsov sin ,astor( a
u ga+anju lukom ehalijski kralj )urit. #udrosti ga je uio *evsov sin &adamant( uven zbog svoje pravednosti( a muziku i pevanje uio je
od 5ina( brata samog Or"eja. Herkul je bio dobar uenik. 6edino to mu bas nije ilo od ruke bilo je sviranje na liri. ,ada ga je 5in jednom
prilikom za vreme poduavanja izgrdio( Herkul ga je udario lirom tako jako da ga je na mestu usmrtio. Am"itrion je zato odluio da ga
ukloni daleko od ljudi. .oslao ga je na goru ,iteron da tamo napasa stoku. Herkul je to smatrao dolinim zanimanjem i posluao je svog
tobonjeg o-a.
/a ,iteronu se Herkulu svidelo. Uznemiravalo ga je jedino to to je tamo besnio straan lav koji je prodirao i ljude i stoku. ,renuo je zato
na njega( savladao ga i za uspomenu poneo njegovu kou. Otada je spokojno iveo sve do svoje osamnaeste godine( kad mu je na um
pala misao da bi bilo dobro ogledati se malo po svetu i pronai sebi enu. $stesao je batinu od stabla ogromnog jasena( preba-io preko
ramena kou kiteronskog lava i krenuo u rodnu 'ebu.
.utem je sreo neke ljude koji su mu rekli da su skupljai poreza orhomenskog kralja )rgina i da idu u 'ebu po sto volova( koje je tebanski
kralj ,reont morao godinje davati kao danak jer ga je )rgin napao i porazio. Herkulu se to nije inilo pravednim( a kad skupljai nisu hteli
da ga posluaju i uvredama pokuali da ga oteraju( odrezao im je ui( noseve i usne i vezanih ruku poslao kui. 'eban-i su svog zemljaka
oduevljeno primili( ali njihova radost nije dugo potrajala. .red vratima grada pojavio se )rgin s velikom vojskom. Herkul je odbranu grada
uzeo u svoje ruke( porazio )rgina i mirovnim ugovorom ga prisilio da 'eban-ima vrati dvostruko od onoga to je od njih oteo. ,ralj ,reont
je zato dao Herkulu za enu svoju ker #egaru i pola svoje palate. Herkul je ostao u 'ebi i postao ota- triju sinova( smatrajui se
najsrenijim ovekom na svetu.
6unakova srea se( me+utim( ne sastoji u mirnom ivotu. Herkul se u to ubrzo uverio. ok je bio pastir( boginja Hera je mirno posmatrala
doga+aje u njegovom ivotu( ali kad se bio tako munjevito uzdigao( odluila je da se umea. Snagu nije mogla da mu oduzme( ali ima li
ieg goreg od snage kojom ne vlada pamet7 .oslala je na njega ludilo i Herkul je u pomraenju uma ubio sva tri svoja deteta i dvoje de-e
svog polubrata $"ikla. Ali to nije bilo sve. Hera mu je zatim vratila zdrav razum. Skrhan bolom( Herkul se uputio u el"e da u tamonjem
proroitu zamoli boga Apolona za savet kako da se oisti od nedela koje je poinio. 8og mu je ustima .itije odgovorio da mora da stupi u
slubu mikenskom kralju )uristeju i kad izvri dvanaest zadataka koje mu )uristej zada( oprae sa sebe sramotu i krivi-u i postati
besmrtan.
Herkul je posluao( otisao u Arg( smestio se u gradu 'irintu nedaleko od #ikene 2bilo je to sedite zaista dostojno Herkula0 sa svojim deset
do petnaest metara debelim bedemima 'irint je do danas najbolje utvr+eni grad na svetu3 i stupio u )uristejevu sluzbu. ,ad ga je kralj
)uristej prvi put ugledao( Herkul( gora od oveka( miiava junaina( ulio mu je takav strah da nije smogao hrabrosti za bilo kakvu
zapovest. .repustio je to svome glasniku ,opreju( ali s vremenom je poeo za Herkula da izmilja sve tee i tee zadatke.
/a prvi zadatak Herkul nije morao dugo da eka. 'rebalo je da ubije lava koji je iveo u nedalekim /emejskim gorama. .red lavom je
drhtao itav kraj jer je bio dva puta vei od drugih( a pored toga i neranjiv jer je imao neprobojnu kou. Herkul je pronaao njegov brlog
2peina se i danas pokazuje turistima3( nasrnuo na njega i snanim udar-ima batine oamutio( a zatim jednostavno zadavio. ,ada je posao
bio zavren( preba-io je lava preko ramena i odneo ga u #ikenu. )uristej se od groze gotovo skamenio( ne samo od stranog lava nego jo
vie od strahovite snage svog sluge. Umesto priznanja ili nagrade naredio mu je da ubudue ne dolazi u mikenski grad. ovoljno je da
dokaze o izvrenim zada-ima donese pred bedeme( a on e odozgo proveriti. Sad neka se spremi za izvrenje drugog zadatka0 da ubije
Hidru.
Hidra je bila neman sa zmijskim telom i sa devet zmajskih glava( od kojih je jedna bila besmrtna. 9ivela je u movarama u blizini grada
5erne u Argolidi i pustoila okolinu. 5judi su protiv nje bili nemoni. Herkul je doznao da Hidra ima pomonika( velikog raka otrih tipaljki.
*ato je i sam poveo pomonika( najmla+eg sina svog brata $"ikla( hrabrog 6olaja. $za lernejskih movara zapalio je umu da Hidri
onemogui beg. Uario je u plamenu svoje strele i zapoeo borbu. Ognjene strele samo su razdraile Hidru. 8a-ila se na Herkula( ali ju je
to stajalo jedne glave. U tren oka izrasle su joj na tom mestu dve glave. U pomo Hidri priskoio je i rak( ali kad je tipaljkom utinuo
Herkula za nogu( 6olaj ga je ubio dobro odmerenim udar-em. U trenutku kad se iznena+ena Hidra obazrela za svojim pratio-em i
pomonikom( Herkul je iupao iz zemlje gorue stablo i Hidri spalio glavu. /ova se nije pojavila. 'ada je Herkul shvatio kako treba da
nastavi borbu. .ostupno joj je odse-ao glave( a 6olaj je goruim -epani-ama palio kli-e glava koje su rasle. /apokon je poodse-ao i spalio
sve glave( iako se Hidra oajni-ki branila i onom jednom( besmrtnom. /a kraju pala je i ta poslednja glava( a Hidrine nagorele ostatke
Herkul je odmah zakopao u zemlju i na to mesto stavio ogroman kamen da glava ne moe izai. ,ad je Hidra bila mrtva( kao dokaz da ju je
ubio rasekao je njeno telo na komadie i u njenoj ui natopio vrhove svojih strela. &ane od njih bile su neizleive. U pratnji stanovnika
oslobo+enog kraja Herkul se s 6olajem pobedniki vratio u #ikenu. #e+utim( pred 5avljim vratima stajao je ve glasnik ,oprej s novim
zadatkom0 osloboditi zemlju od stim"alskih pti-a % Stim"alida.
'e pti-e su dobile ime po Stim"alskom jezeru u Arkadiji( u ijoj okolini su ivele i pustoile je gore nego skakav-i. $male su kande i perje
od vrstog metala( a mogle su da izba-uju ubojita pera u letu. 8orba protiv njih bila je takorei bezizlazna. /aime( onaj ko bi ih ga+ao
naao se u kii njihovih strela od kojih se nije moglo pobei. Herkul se zbog toga popeo na visoko stablo( prestraio ih egrtaljkom( a kad
su poele da krue oko njega( pogodio je veliki broj njih svojim tano usmerenim strelama. Uzalud su strane pti-e izba-ivale metalne
strele na zemlju. /apokon su prestraene odletele preko mora i nikad se vie nisu vratile.
/akon toga Herkul je dobio novi zadatak0 da uhvati koutu zlatnih rogova i gvozdenih nogu( koja je ivela u ,erineji 2na grani-i Ahaje i
Arkadije3( a pripadala je boginji Artemidi. )uristej se nadao da e se mona boginja razljutiti na Herkula i ukrotiti njegovu samouverenost.
Uhvatiti tu koutu svakako nije bilo lako jer je bila vrlo plaljiva i brza. Herkul ju je progonio godinu dana dok joj se nije dovoljno pribliio.
&anjenu koutu uhvatio je i doneo u #ikenu. /ije zaboravio ni izvinjenje Artemidi zbog svog bezbonog ina( a ni to da umiri njenu srdbu
bogatom rtvom( pa mu je oprostila.
/ov zadatak koji je ekao Herkula bio je slian prethodnom. 'rebalo je da uhvati erimantskog vepra koji je pustoio okolinu grada .so"ide i
ogromnim onja-ima klao stoku i ljude. ,ad ga je naterao u dubok sneg( Herkul mu je svezao noge i ivog doneo u #ikenu. U strahu pred
gorostasnom ivotinjom kralj )uristej se sakrio u bure i odatle sav izvan sebe molio Herkula da to pre ode s veprom i da e mu za to dati
manje opasan zadatak0 da oisti staje elidskog kralja Augije.
'aj posao nije bio opasan. Augija je imao golemo stado goveda( a u stajama toliko +ubreta i prljavtine da poslovi-a to spominje i danas.
Oistiti te staje( ili bolje rei kravlji izmet( bio je nadljudski zadatak. Herkul je kralju predloio da e ga obaviti za jedan dan ako za to
dobije desetinu stada. Augija je pristao i Herkul se upustio u posao( razume se( ne samo snagom nego i pameu. $sterao je stado na pau(
prokopao kanal do oblinjih reka Al"eja i .eneja( naterao vodu iz njih u staje da odnese neistou( uvee je kanal zagradio( vratio stado u
staje i otiao po obeanu nagradu. ,ralj je( me+utim( doznao da je ienje staja bila zapravo Herkulova dunost i uzeo je to kao izgovor
da mu uskrati nagradu. Osim toga uvredio ga je napomenom da kao *evsov sin ne mora da zara+uje ienjem staja. Herkul je to(
naravno( zapamtio( a kad mu se posle pruila prilika( vratio je to Augiji s kamatom0 sa svojim drugovima opustoio je njegovu zemlju a
njega ubio.
a bi izvrio sledei zadatak( morao je da po+e na ,rit. )uristej mu je naredio da odande dovede divljeg bika kojeg je kritskom kralju
#inosu darovao bog mora .osejdon( pod uslovom da mu ga prinese kao rtvu. #inosu se bik jako dopao pa je umesto njega rtvovao
drugog. .osejdon se time nije zadovoljio i na bika je( za kaznu( poslao besnilo( tako da je besomuno jurio s kraja na kraj ostrva i
unitavao sve to mu se nalo na putu. Herkul je po )uristejevoj naredbi uhvatio bika( ukrotio ga i sasvim mirnog preneo na le+ima preko
mora( s ,rita u Arg. .osto je ukrotio kritskog bika( Herkul je la+om otplovio u 'rakiju( gde je vladao iomed( kralj 8istona-a( da mu( po
)uristejevoj zapovesti( otme izuzetno plahovite konje koji su se hranili ljudskim mesom. Uz pomo nekoli-ine drugova Herkul je uspeno
zauzdao konje i doveo ih do la+e. 'amo ga je s vojskom stigao kralj iomed( u nameri da vrati konje koji su mu pripadali. U ljutoj borbi
protiv brojno nadmonije vojske( Herkul je uspeo da sauva svoj plen( ali su konji u me+uvremenu rastrgli njegovog najboljeg prijatelja
Abdera( koji ih je kod la+e uvao. uboko oaloen( Herkul je doveo konje u #ikenu. )uristej ih je pustio na slobodu( kao to je pre uinio
i sa kritskim bikom.
/i duboka tuga ni prezir s kojim su doekana njegova junaka dela( nisu slomili Herkula. Odluno je poao na ostrvo )ritiju( odakle je
)uristeju pomogao da dotera veliko stado stoke koja je pripadala divu !erionu. 'o ostrvo se nalazilo daleko na zapadu( gde je kopno
zavravalo uskom prevlakom. Herkul ju je probio svojom batinom i u tako nastali morski tesna- postavio dva stuba 2u starom veku
!ibraltar se zvao 1Herkulovi stubovi13. /a zapadni kraj sveta stigao je upravo u trenutku kada je bog Helios siao za zlatnim kolima u
Okean. a se odbrani od njegovih plamenih zraka Herkul je nameravao da ga strelom obori s kola. :ud i vladanje bogova se ne mogu
predvideti( pa se Herkulova hrabrost dopala Heliosu i ak mu je pozajmio svoju zlatnu barku da na njoj otplovi preko mora do ostrva
)ritije. ,ad je stigao tamo( Herkula je napao !erionov dvoglavi pas Ort( a i div )urition( koji su uvali stada. Herkul ih je oboji-u ubio( a
nakon njih i !eriona. .osle mnogih tekoa i nedaa polo mu je za rukom da natera stado do obala .eloponeza. .utem je savladao
snaznog )rika( koji mu je ukrao jednu kravu( a zatim i diva ,aka( koji mu je ukrao nekoliko. ,ad se ve nadao da e se sreno vratiti u
#ikenu( Hera je poslala besnilo na njegovo blago. Stado se razbealo na sve strane pa je morao da uloi svu snagu i spretnost da ga
ponovo okupi. )uristej je zatim rtvovao -elo stado Heri.
$dui Herkulov junaki podvig bio je pohod u zemlju ljutih ratni-a Amazonki( odakle je )uristejevoj keri Admeti trebalo da donese pojas
njihove kralji-e Hipolite. .oao je tamo s nevelikim odredom drugova i na putu se zaustavio u #iziji( gde je vladao kralj 5ik( poznat po
svom gostoprimstvu. ,ralj mu je priredio velianstvenu gozbu. ok su se gostili( u grad su provalili divlji 8ebriani i poeli da ga pljakaju.
Herkul je ustao sa stola i sa svojim drugovima udario na uljeze. Ubio je njihovog kralja i njegovu zemlju poklonio 5iku( koji ju je u njegovu
ast prozvao Heraklejom. Svojom pobedom je stekao takvu slavu da mu je sama kralji-a Hipolita izala u susret i poklonila mu dobrovoljno
svoj pojas. #e+utim( boginja Hera proirila je glasinu da Herkul namerava da Hipolitu odvede u ropstvo i Amazonke su joj poverovale.
/apale su Herkulove drugove i njima nije ostalo nita drugo nego da se bore. /a kraju( Amazonke su bile poraene( mnoge su pale u
zarobljenitvo a me+u njima i dve zapovedni-e( #elanipa i Antiopa. Hipolita je #elanipi otkupila slobodu svojim pojasom. Antiopu je Herkul
poklonio svom prijatelju 'ezeju da mu se tako odui za njegovu hrabrost( a i zato sto se 'ezeju svidela pa se njome i oenio.
'ako je Herkul u svemu izvrio deset zadataka( iako )uristej nije hteo da u poetku prizna da je lernejska Hidra ubijena 2uz izgovor da je
Herkul imao pomonika3( a ni ienje Augijevih staja 2jer to( navodno( nije hteo da uradi bez nadoknade3. a bi izvrio jedanaesti zadatak
Herkul je morao da ode u podzemni svet i odande dovede samog ,erbera. 8io je to zaista pakleni pas. $mao je tri glave( oko vrata zmije( a
na kraju repa zmajsku glavu s odvratnim drelom. $ako se iz podzemnog sveta do tada niko iv nije vratio( Herkul se nije kolebao.
8ogovima je njegova hrabrost imponovala i odluili su da mu priteknu u pomo. 8og Hermes( vodi dua umrlih( doveo ga je do ponora
'enara 2na dananjem rtu #atapanu( na najjunijem delu .eloponeza i evropske obale3( gde je bio tajni ulaz u Hadovo podzemno -arstvo.
'amo ga je prihvatila boginja Atena. .o sablasnom putu( na kojem je sretao due mrtvih prijatelja i ubijenih neprijatelja( dovela ga je
Atena pred presto vladara podzemnog sveta( Hada( koji ga je kao *evsova sina ljubazno primio. ozvolio mu je da uhvati i odvede ,erbera(
ali pritom nije smeo da upotrebi oruje. ,erber se branio zubima i kandama( udarao repom sa zmajskom glavom i tako grozno zavijao da
su due mrtvih letele podzemnim svetom u sablasnoj pometnji. .osle kratke borbe Herkul ga je tako jako stegnuo da je ,erber mogao da
se oslobodi samo obeanjem da e biti posluan i da e krenuti za #ikenu sa njim. ;idevi uvara podzemnog sveta( )uristej je pao na
kolena 2prema drugoj verziji sakrio se u bavu3 i( krei ruke( molio Herkula da paklenu nakazu odvede tamo odakle ju je i doveo.
Ostao je poslednji zadatak. )uristej mu je zapovedio da mu donese tri zlatne jabuke iz vrtova Hesperida( keri monog titana Atlasa( koji je
zbog pobune protiv bogova bio osu+en da na ramenima dri nebeski svod. !de su bili ti vrtovi( niko nije znao( ali se znalo da put do njih
uva 5adon( zmaj koji nikada ne spava( zatim div Antej koji svakoga nadjaa i ubije a i sam titan Atlas. Herkul se uputio u )gipat( proao
5ibiju i sve zemlje koje je ve znao s puta za !erionovim stadom( ali traene vrtove nije naao. 'ek kad je stigao daleko na sever( do
beskonanih voda )ridana( savetovale su ga tamonje nim"e da za njih upita morskog boga /ereja. .osle teke borbe( u kojoj je /erej
neprekidno menjao oblik( Herkul ga je svezao i nije ga pustio dok nije saznao sve to je eleo. ;rtovi Hesperida su negde na dalekom
zapadu( izme+u dananjeg #aroka i <ran-uske.
Herkul je ponovo morao u 5ibiju( u zemlju gde je iveo div Antej( sin boginje zemlje !eje. Antej ga je( po svom obiaju( izazvao na dvoboj(
ali Herkul ga je u tekoj borbi pobedio. Uspeo je u toku borbe da uvidi otkud div -rpe svoju snagu. ,ad bi Antej osetio da malaksava(
priljubio bi se uz svoju majku zemlju i skupio snage za novu borbu. Herkul ga je otrgnuo od zemlje i podigao uvis. U tom poloaju div je
bio bespomoan i Herkul ga je zadavio. /a putu do vrtova Hesperida( Herkul je morao da savlada i izbegne mnoge prepreke koje putni-ima
postavljaju razbojni-i i vladari. #e+u ostalim( umakao je egipatskom kralju 8usirisu( koji je hvatao stran-e i rtvovao ih bogovima. /a kraju
je Herkul doao do Atlasa. ,ad mu je objasnio zato je doao( Atlas mu je sa sumnjivom susretljivou predloio da on sam donese jabuke
ako mu za to vreme Herkul pridri nebeski svod. Herkul je pristao. Atlas je svoje obeanje ispunio( ali zatim predloio da e sam odneti
jabuke u #ikenu( a zatim se vratiti. S lukavstvom je mogue izai na kraj samo lukavstvom. Herkul navodno pristane i zamoli Atlasa da na
trenutak pridri teret( dok on napravi podlogu za rame jer ga svod ulja. 4im je Atlas zauzeo svoje staro mesto( Herkul uzme jabuke(
utivo zahvali divu( krenu natrag i zaustavi se tek u #ikeni. )uristej nije verovao svojim oima i toliko se iznenadio da mu je vratio jabuke.
Herkul ih je prineo kao rtvu boginji Ateni( a ona ih je vratila Hesperidama. 'ime je bio ispunjen i dvanaesti zadatak i Herkul je bio
slobodan.
/edugo zatim bio je slobodan i u drugom smislu rei. Svoju enu #egaru Herkul je velikoduno prepustio 6olaju( koji ju je za vreme
njegovog odsustva teio kao veran pratila- i tako se navikao na nju da nije vie mogao da ivi bez nje. Herkul je zatim napustio 'ebu za
koju ga vie nita nije vezivalo i vratio se u 'irint. Ali ne zadugo( jer su ga tamo ekale nove zamke boginje Here( a s njima i nove patnje i
nova junatva.
/e zna se tano da li je Hera na njega poslala enju za novom enom( ili se u njemu probudilo astoljublje u elji da pobedi najveeg
strel-a lukom u Heladi( ehalijskog kralja )urita. 'o dvoje je bilo u tesnoj vezi jer je )urit proglasio da e svoju prelepu rusokosu ker 6olu
dati onome ko ga pobedi u ga+anju lukom. *bog toga se Herkul zaputio u )haliju( najavio se u palati svog nekadanjeg uitelja( zaljubio se
u njegovu ker na prvi pogled i drugog dana pobedio. ,ralj )urit( me+utim( nije mogao da preboli to ga je pobedio njegov uenik i izjavio
je da svoju ker nee dati oveku koji je sluio kod kukavikog )uristeja. Herkul se uvredio i poao da trai enu drugde. /aao ju je tek u
,alidonu. 8ila je to lepa ejanira( ki kralja )neja. /ije je dobio lako. #orao je da se bori za nju u dvoboju sa drugim pros-em( renim
bogom Ahelojem( koji je po elji mogao da se pretvori u zmiju ili bika. .osle svadbe mladen-i su ostali u )nejevoj palati( ali Hera nije
zaboravila na Herkula. Oduzela mu je razum i on je na gozbi ubio sina svog prijatelja Arhitela0 hteo je samo da ga udari zato to mu je na
ruke nalio vodu pripremljenu za pranje nogu( ali mladi se od udar-a nije vie osvestio. Arhitel mu je oprostio( ali Herkul je ipak napustio
,alidon i s ejanirom krenuo u 'irint.
.utujui( doli su do reke )uena( preko koje nije bilo mosta. .utnike je( uz umerenu naplatu( na drugu obalu prevozio kentaur /es. Herkul
mu je poverio enu( a sam je preplivao reku. Ali ejanirina lepota toliko je oarala kentaura da je pokuao da je otme. Herkul ga je
zaustavio smrtonosnom strelom. Hidrina u otrovala je kentaurovu krv tako da je ubrzo umro( ali je jo pre smrti smislio osvetu.
Savetovao je ejaniri da uzme njegovu krv i ako Herkul ikada prestane da je voli( da mu tom krvlju natrlja odeu i njegova ljubav e joj se
vratiti. oavi u 'irint( ejaniri se inilo da joj arobna krv nikada nee trebati. 9iveli su kako dolikuje supruni-ima( zajedniki su odgajali
svog sina Hila i drugu de-u % dok se u Herkulovu sudbinu nije ponovo uplela Hera.
o toga je dolo udnom igrom sluaja. ,ad je( naime( Herkul otiao u )haliju( nestalo je kralju )uritu stado. Ukrao ga je Autolik( inae
poznati lopov( a da istragu zavede na pogrean trag( kradljiv-em je proglasio Herkula kako bi se osvetio kralju za smrtnu uvredu. =ela
)halija je u to poverovala % osim $"ita( najstarijeg )uritovog sina. a dokae Herkulovu nevinost( $"it je poao da trai ukradenu stoku. .ut
ga je naneo u Argolidu( a kad je ve bio tamo( posetio je i 'irint. Herkul ga je srdano primio( ali kad je za vreme gozbe saznao zbog ega
ga )urit sumnjii( strano se razljutio( a Hera je u njemu raspirila takav bes da se nije savladao i sunovratio je $"ita sa bedema. /ije to bilo
samo ubistvo nego i krenje najsvetlijeg zakona gostoprimstva. *evs se na svog sina razgnevio i poslao na njega bolest.
,ad bolest nije prolazila( Herkul se uputio( napreui sve svoje snage( u el"e da pita za savet Apolona kako da okaje svoj greh. Ali .itija
mu nije dala odgovor. &azjareni Herkul oduzeo joj je tronoa- s kojeg je objavljivala svoja proroanstva. ,ad nee da vraa( ne treba joj ni
tronoa-. Odmah zatim se pojavio Apolon i zatraio tronoa-. Herkul nije hteo da mu ga vrati( a Apolon je svakako hteo da mu ga oduzme(
pa su veliki *evsovi sinovi poeli da se sva+aju i nateu kao de-a. ,ako nisu prestajali( *evs je zagrmeo i rastavio ih munjom. /akon toga
su se umirili i Apolon je naredio .itiji da posavetuje Herkula. #orao je tri godine da slui kao rob( a dobijeni nova- da daje )uritu kao
naknadu za ubijenog $"ita.
Herkul je ponovo morao da se rastane sa slobodom. .ostao je rob lidijske kralji-e Om"ale( uobraene i okrutne ene koja ga je neprekidno
poniavala. 4ak je morao i da tka sa slukinjama i nosi ensku odeu( dok je ona sama hodala pred njim u koi njegovog kiteronskog lava.
.ovremeno ga je putala na slobodu( ali ne iz susretljivosti i ljubaznosti( nego da bi po povratku jo tee podnosio sudbinu roba.
*a vreme jednog takvog izlaska Herkul se prikljuio Argonautima koji su ili u ,olhidu. *a vreme drugog( pao je u Aulidi u zarobljenitvo
kralja Sileja( koji je prisiljavao svakog stran-a da radi u njegovom vinogradu( ali je Herkul brzo pobegao. U )"esu su ga( dok je spavao(
napali patulj-i kerkopi 2ili daktili3 i ukrali mu oruje. Hteo je da ih kazni( ali kako su bili mali i smeni( pustio ih je na slobodu. Uvek bi se
sam vraao u robovsku slubu( dok se nije potpuno oistio od poinjenih zlodela.
oao je najzad i poslednji dan tree godine. Herkul je dobio oruje od kralji-e Om"ale i sad je bio slobodan. 8ez srdbe oprostio se od nje(
tavie( udovoljio je njenoj elji da joj za uspomenu ostavi potomka 2dala mu je ime Atis3( koji je posle nje stupio na lidijski presto. ,ad se
vratio u otadbinu( Herkul je skupio svoje verne prijatelje i pripremio se za veliki obraun.
.rvi mu je za davnu uvredu platio kralj Augija( a zatim je doao na red i trojanski kralj 5aomedont. 8io je to nepodmiren raun jo iz
vremena kada je Herkul sluio kod )uristeja i nije bio svoj gospodar. /akon povratka iz pohoda protiv Amazonki uinio je 5aomedontu
veliku uslugu0 oslobodio je 'roju morske nemani kojoj je trebalo da bude rtvovana 5aomedontova ki Hesiona. 5aomedont mu je obeao
konje koje je njegov deda 'ros dobio od *evsa kao otkupninu za sina !animeda odnesenog na Olimp. #e+utim( 5aomedont nije imao
obiaj da ispunjava svoja obeanja. ,ada je Herkul doao po nagradu( oterao ga je uz uvredu. Sad je to Herkul naplatio0 doplovio je pod
'roju sa est la+a( zauzeo ju je i ubio 5aomedonta. /akon tolikih junakih dela Herkulova slava dosegla je visine snenog Olimpa. A to ni iz
daleka nisu bila sva koja je izvrio. Oslobodio je( na primer( titana .rometeja( kojeg je *evs prikovao na vrh ,avkaza( gde mu je orao
svakog dana jeo jetru a ona mu je neprestano iznova rasla. obro odmerenim udar-em usmrtio je orla i oslobodio .rometeja patnji i
sramotne kazne. $zborio je od boga smrti 'anatosa duu Alkestide( koja je odluila da dobrovoljno umre umesto svog mua Admeta i vratio
je u ivot. Savladao je i ubio mnoge neprijatelje i nemani( me+u njima i ,ikna( sina boga rata Aresa. Osnovao je vie gradova od kojih je
najpoznatija Herakleja 2Herkulanum3 u podnoju ;ezuva. Usreio je mnoge ene 2samo u jednoj jedinoj noi( koju je s Argonautima proveo
na ostrvu 5emnosu( pedeset 5emnjanki je usreio potomstvom3. Herkul je stekao potovanje kao nijedan ovek tog vremena( ak ga je i
sam *evs molio za pomo.
/aime( protiv olimpskih bogova pobunili su se giganti( sinovi Urana( svrgnutog boga neba( i boginje zemlje !eje. $mali su gotovo osiguranu
obedu jer su bili vrlo snani( a osim toga su od svoje majke dobili biljku koja ih je titila od oruja bogova. 8ogovi su se nali u bezizlaznoj
situa-iji pa su se setili ubogih smrtnika( jer od ovekovog oruja gigante nije titila nikakva arolija. *bog toga je *evs poslao Atenu po
Herkula. /ije morala posebno da ga nagovara( spremno je posluao poziv svog o-a( pourio na bojite( ubio najpre Alkioneja( najsnanijeg
giganta( zatim i druge pobunjenike( i zajedno s bogovima najzad slomio njihov otpor. 'ime je stekao ne samo zahvalnost bogova nego i
ljudi jer je *evs bio svakako bolji vladar nego njegovi prethodni-i( ,ron i Uran ili prvobitni Haos.
;rativi se iz borbe sa gigantima( Herkul je odluio da izmiri svoj poslednji raun. ,renuo je na )haliju( osvojio i ubio kralja )urita zbog
davne uvrede koju mu je naneo. #e+u zarobljeni-ima spazio je rusokosu 6olu( koju mu )urit nekada nije hteo da da za enu. U njemu je
opet planula nekadanja ljubav. 4im je za to doznala ejanira( setila se udotvorne krvi kentaura /esa( natopila je njome Herkulov ogrta i
poslala ga po 5ihi u )haliju. Hidrin otrov s Herkulove strele( koji je otrovao /esovu krv( prodro je u Herkulovo telo i izazvao strahovit bol.
Herkul je taj bol hrabro podnosio( a kad je od svog sina Hile saznao za njegov uzrok( shvatio je da mu je doao kraj. /aredio je da ga
odnesu u njegov dvor( ali ejanira je ve bila mrtva. U oajanju to je iz ljubavi prouzrokovala smrt svog mua probola se maem.
/epodnoljive muke naterale su Herkula na odluku da se oslobodi strahovitog tereta ivota. *amolio je svoje drugova da mu na gori )ti
podignu pogrebnu lomau. .osluali su ga i po njegovoj elji poloili ga na nju. Ali niko nije hteo da zapali lomau( iako ih je za to usrdno
molio. /a kraju se na to odvaio mladi <iloktet. *a nagradu Herkul mu je dao svoj luk i strele. ;atra iz <iloktetove baklje planula je( ali su
jo jasnije sevnule *evsove munje. S njima je sa Olimpa sletela Atena( zajedno s glasnikom bogova Hermesom( i dovela Herkula na
zlatnim kolima na Olimp. 4itav Olimp je pozdravio najveeg junaka( ak je i Hera savladala staru mrnju i dala mu za enu svoju lepu ker
Hebu( boginju vene mladosti. *evs ga je postavio za sto bogova( pogostio ga nektarom i ambrozijom( a kao nadoknadu za njegova
junaka dela i njegove patnje proglasio ga besmrtnim.
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PRIA
#iznijeva verzija H$R%&'$S !o(inje na Olim!u" )oravi*tu )o+ova" u trenutku kada Zevs i nje+ova ,ena Hera sa svojim
zvanicama !roslavljaju dolazak na svet svo+ novoro-eno+ sina" Herkulesa. .onosni otac !oklanja sinu krilato+ konja - .e+aza.
I dok svi slave jedino je Had du)oko neras!olo,en jer" nezadovoljan svojim !oslom u .odzemnom svetu" !lanira da !reuzme
vlast na Olim!u.
Had od Su-aja do)ija !oruku da /e kroz 01 +odina !lanete )iti u takvom !oretku da Titani" koje je Zevs !re mno+o +odina
zatvorio" mo+u da )udu oslo)o-eni. Me-utim " da sve ne )i i*lo )a* tako +latko tu su i re(i u!ozorenja2 ukoliko se Herkules
)ude )orio" Had /e do,iveti neus!e3. #a )i osujetio re(i Su-aja Had *alje svoje verne" ali tra!ave slu+e da se re*e Herkulesa.
Ova dva stvorenja 45ole i .anika6 +re*kom ostavljaju Herkulesa na Zemlji smrtno+ ali sa )o,anskom sna+om. Ostavljaju +a kod
lkmene i m7itriona" koji +a od+ajaju kao ro-eno+ sina.
Odrastaju/i" Herkules ose/a da ne !ri!ada tom okru,enju" !a odlu(uje da ode i !rona-e mesto +de )ise zaista uklo!io. .o
savet odlazi u Zevsov 3ram. Tu velika statu a o,ivljava i otac o)aj*njava sinu da samo )o+ovi ,ive na Olim!u i da je jedini na(in
da se on vrati ku/i da se doka,e kao !ravi junak na Zemlji. .e+az i 3erkules su od to+ trenutka !onovo zajedno i kre/u u
!otra+u za 8iloktetom" velikim u(iteljem svi3 junaka.
8il je niko dru+i do cini(ni satir koji je !uno !uta )io razo(aran !oku*avaju/i da !rona-e najve/e+ junaka svi3 vremena. &z
malo u)e-ivanje !ri3vata se !osla. .osle te*ko+ rada ovaj duo odlazi u Te)u" )es!omo/nu metro!olu kojoj je o(ajni(ki
!otre)an junak.
Na !utu do Te)e Herkules sre/e Me+aru" koju je u3vaio %entaur. .osle o*tro+ !o(etka na* junak je samo mo+ao da s3vati da
Me+ uo!*te i nije )ila u o!asnosti. & !itanju je jedna jaka" snala,ljiva i du3ovita ,ena kakvu on do sada nikada nije sreo. %ada
Herkules ode dalje Me+ se !riklju(uje njen 9+azda9 Had" koji na komi(an na(in saznaje da je nje+ov ne!riajtelj jo* uvek ,iv.
.o dolasku u Te)u Herk veoma )rzo u)e-uje stanovnike da je on zaista !ravi junak. &s!eva da !o)edi vi*e+lavu Hidru" da
!o)edi (udovi*ta razni3 veli(ina i o)lika. Svaka nova !o)eda *irila je +las o ovom su!erjunaku" tako da on !ostaje !rava
senzacija" te se (itav niz !redmta !ravi sa njeo+vim imenom i likom. .a i!ak" ni to nije dovoljno da )i se Herkules nastanio na
Olim!u. Zevs mu o)aj*njava da to *to je !oznat nije isto *to i )iti !ravi junak" !a +a savetuje da zaviri u svoje srce i !otra,i !ravi
od+ovor.
%ako vreme isti(e Had !ostaje o(ajan i odlu(uje da iskoristi Me+ da !revari Herkulesa i otkrije nje+ovu sla)ost. I dok ona
otkriva koliko joj je ustavrio stalo do Herkulesa" Had otkriva da je u!ravo ona nje+ova sla)ost. %oriste/i njenu slo)odu i
si+urnost za !o+a-anje" Had us!eva da na+ovori Herkulesa da se )ar :; sata odrekne svoje sna+e. #a )i +a dotukao" Had
otkriva da je Me+ )ila deo nje+ovo+ tima od samo+ !o(etka i da su njena ose/anja )ila samo deo te *arade. Herkules ostaje
o(ajan i razo(aran.
Hada tako us!eva da oslo)odi Titane koji kre/u u svoj !o3od na Olim!. &s!evaju da u3vate sve )o+ove na (elu sa Zevsom. Za
kraj Had *alje %iklo!a koji tre)a da zavr*i sa Herkulesom. I !ored svi3 nevolja Herkules se 3ra)ro )ori !okazuju/i da !ravo
juna*tvo ne le,i u nje+ovoj snazi" ve/ u nje+ovom srcu.
Rad na animaciji !o(eo je 0<<=.+. uz !omo/ <>? umetnika" animatora i te3ni(ara. & ovu )rojku uklju(eno je i oko 0>>
animatora u #iznijevom studiju u .arizu" +de jenastalo skoro 0> minu 7ilma. & 5ur)anku je ;0 umetnik oslikao 0?>0 !ozadinu
za ovaj 7ilm. Tim od 0>1 animatora )io zadu,en da vizuelnim e7ektima )o+ovima doda !otre)an sjaj" da Hadovu kosu na(ini
vatrenom itd.
Ron %lements o)ja*njava za*to su se odlu(ili )a* za mit o Herkulesu2 9Mitolo+ija nam se u(inila interesantnom zato *to se do
sada niko od animatora zaista nije njome )avio. & 8NTZI@I je mit o)ra-en na neki na(in" ali ne do kraja. Sama ideja o
Herkulesu koji je !ola )o+" a !ola (ovek donela je !red nas niz interesantni3 i zanimljivi3 mo+u/nosti. Otkrili smo da ne !ostoji
kon(na verzija mita o Herkulesu. 5io je toliko !o!ularan da se i niz dru+i3 !ri(a u!leo kazivanja o njemu samom 9
#,on Masker dodaje2 9.ri(a o Herkulesu je sjajno zvu(ala za nas animatore jer je u se)i sadr,ala elemente 7antasti(no+" kao i
(injenicu da je re( o liku koji !revazilazi sve o)i(ne. Ovakvu !ri(u nismo mo+li da zao)i-emo. @o* ne*to nam je )ilo vrlo
zanimljivo2 Herkules je junak o)i(ni3 ljudi. 5o+ovi mo+u da iz+ledaju kao ne*to nedosti,no" !a su se ljudi okretali Herkulesu jer
im je )io )lizak. Zato je i !ostao naj(e*/i lik na vazama i dru+im o)jektima iz to+ !erioda. 9
Masker i %lements su odlu(ili da +r(ko dru*tvo iz vremena mitova oslikaju kao !aralelu savremeno+ dru*tva.Tako je te)a
nazvana Velika maslina. Tako-esu !oku*ali da unesu du3 komedija iz tridesti3 i (etrdesti3 +odina. Zato Me+ !omalo li(i na
5ar)aru Stenvik" a Herkules ima odlike #,ejmsa Stjuarta ili Hernrija 8onde u telu rnolda Avarcene+era
HERKULES - MIT IZA OVEKA
Brci su +a zvali Herkale. .a i!ak" #iznijevi animatori su uzeli slo)odu da svom junaku daju ime koje se mno+o vi*e koristi" a
!oti(e od Rimljana" Herkules. Zato" a i iz dru+i3 razlo+a za #iznijevo+ Herkulesa ne mo,e da se ka,e da je doslovno
trans!onovanje mita o Herkalu. .a i!ak" or+inalni mit je osnova za nastanak ove 7ilmske !ri(e.
Herkalov zavi(aj je r+olida" ali je on ro-en u )eotiji" jer je m7itrion )io !rinu-en da na!usti Mikenu i da se sa su!ru+om skloni
u Te)u. #ok je m7itrion ratovao sa Ta7ljanima" Zevs je u nje+ovom liku !ri*ao lkmeni i u toku no/i" koju je utrostru(io ili
udevetostru(io" za(et je najve/i i najsna,niji +r(ki junak Herkale. Iste ili slede/ no/i m7itrion se vratio u Te)u i lkmena je sa
svojim su!rou+om za(ela I7ikla" Heraklovo+ )rata )lizanca. %ada je do*o (as Herkalovo+ ro-enja" Zevs je sve(ano izjvaio da
/e svetlost dana u+ledati dete nje+ove krvi" koje /e kasnije zavladati r+ivcima. Mu(ena lju)morom Hera je zatra,ila od svo+
su!rou+a da joj se zakune da /e se nje+ove re(i o)istiniti. Cim je Zevs !olo,io zakletvu" ona je naredila $jlejtiji" )o+inji
!oro-aja" da odlo,i Herkalovo ro-enje" a sama je !o3itala u r+ i u)rzala !oro-aj Stenelove su!ru+e. Tako je Stenelov sin
$uristej ro-en u sedmom mesecu" a lkemna je tek u desteom mesecu donela na svet Herkala i I7ikla.
Herakle je ro-en Cetvto+ dana u mesecuD !la*e/i se Herine lju)omore" lkmena je ostavila svo+ sina na !oljani izvan te)anski3
zidina" a Zevs" koji je ,eleo da de(ak )ude )esmrtan" nalo,io je teni da nje+ovo+ sina !odmetne Heri koja +a je !odojila.
tena je odvla )o+inju do mesta +de je lkmena ostavila mali*ana" !odi+la je dete sa zemlja i stavila +a Heri na +rudi. Herkle je
tako sna,no !ovukao melko iz )o+injine dojke da je Hera od )ola vrisnula i +ru)o +a od)acila. tena je ratila de(aka lkmeni i
naredila joj da +a ne+uje. dru+i !ri!ovedaju da je Hermes odneo malo+ Herkla na Olim! i da +a je stavio na +rudi usnule HereD
)o+inja se u)rzo !ro)udila" ali je mali*an u me-uvremenu ve/ !odojio )o,ansko mleko i stekao )esmrtnost. Iz mleka koje je
tada !oteklo iz Herine dojke nastao je Mle(ni .ut.
lkmena je )ri,no (uvala sinove" ali je Hera i dalje smi*ljala kako da uni*ti Herkala. @edne ve(eri kad je de(acima )ilo osam ili
deste meseci" lkmena i3 je !ovila u +rimizne !elene i stavila u veliki m7itrionov *tit. #ok su roditelji s!okojno s!avali" Hera je
u m7itrionov dom !oslala dve o+romne zmije" koje su na!ale decu. Na vrisku !re!la*eno+ I7ikla roditelji su dotr(ali" ali Herkale
svojim ru(icama us!eo da udavi o)e nemani.
m7itrion se trudio da !ri)avi naj)olje u(itelje svojoj deci" te je maldi Herakle )io veoma ve*t na
vi*e !olja2 trke dvokolica" rvanje" muzika...S o)zirom na svoju sna+u !oslali su +a u !laninu"
+de je sa 01 +odina us!eo da u)ije veliko+ lava. %o,u lava je iskoristio ka o+rta(" a +lavu kao
neku vrstu ka!ulja(e. &!ravo ova slika je i naj(e*/e ra-ena na mno+im umetni(kim
!redmetima.
Herakle se o,enio Me+aorm sa kojom je imao osam sinova. Z)o+ Herine lju)omore" koja je
u(inila da !oludi" Herkale i3 trojicu u)io. #a )i se o(istio od +re3a odlazi kralju Tes!iju" a zatim sti,e u #el7e i !ita !roro(i*te +de
da se nastani. .itija mu nala,e da ode u Tirint i da 0: +odina slu,i kralja $uristeja. Istovremeno mu je !rorekla da /e ste/i
)esmrtnost ako izvr*i deset juna(ki3 dela. Ona +a je !rvi !ut nazvala imenom Herkale 4Herina slava6 jer se on do tada zvao
lkid" !o svom dedi lkeju. Naj(e*/e se me-utim !ri!oveda da je $ristej naredio Herkalu da izvr*i 0: te*ki3 zadataka
4dodekatlos6D !rvi3 *est je )lo vezano za okolnu r+a i .elo!onez" a ostali za najudaljenije krajeve sveta i .dzemlje.
T$@T #ONOVN 4H$R%&'$S6 - Radio je na 7ilmovima kao *to su 9Murder at 0?>>9" 9Mem!3is 5elle9" 9$t3an 8rome9" 9'ove
.otion E<9 i 9Inside MonkeF Zetterland9 i TV ostvarenjima
HIDRA
I ovo+a !uta kom!juter je morao da ume*ao svoje !rste u animaciju. Tim stru(njaka na se)e je !reuzeo te,ak zadatak da !red
!u)liku iznese trideseto+lavu mitsku neman koju su stari Brci zvali Hidra. #a )i se na!ravila koreo+ra7ija !okreta )ile su
!otre)ne (itave dve +odine rad tima od 0= umetnika i te3ni(ara" a scena taje samo = minuta. #a )i se !osti+ao !ravi e7ekat
tre)alo je na!raviti !ose)an !ro+ram.
Buld o)ja*njava2 9%om!juter je sjajna s!rava !omo/u koje mo,e* da !rati* svako kretanje o)jekta. .a" i!ak" izazov je )io da se
Hidra o,ivi tako da se vrlo dinami(no kre/e i da !ritom !ratimo !okret svake njene +lave" a da ona sam se u !ot!unosti ukla!a
u ostale likove koji su rukom crtani.9
CBI tim je zato konstruisao kom!juterizovani model Hidre koji je omo+u/io animatorima da u(ine sve ono *to )i (inili kao da je
re( o crtanju rukom. #a )i se !osti+ao takav nivo 7leksi)ilnosti tre)alo je !ostaviti 0:;; konrolne ta(ke samo u jednoj +lavi" +de
svaka ta(ka !redstavlja jedan ste!en !okreta" kao *to je !ozicija levoGdesno u levom oku" ili u+ao na!redGnazad jedne od
Hidrini3 +lava. #a )i se o,ivelo (udovi*te sa H> +lava )ilo je !otre)no :HH<: kontrolne ta(ke. @edan lik kao *to je Hidra
!odrazumevao je rad koji )i za3tevao rad na H> !ojedina(ni3 karaktera. o!et sve je to tre)alo ukom!onovati u jedno savr*eno
(udovi*te
OIVLJAVAJE LIKOVA
@edan od najzan(ajniji3 #iznijevi3 animatora" ndreas #e3a" !riznaje da je rad na likovima u
H$R%&'$S& )io veoma kom!leksan. 9Herkules je verovatno najslo,eniji lik koji sam u svojoj
karijeri morao da nacrtam. Mi*i/i i ve/i deo nje+ove anatomije stalno je vidljiv. O)i(no likovi
imaju ili ko*ulju ili su !o!tuno o)u(eni" ali kod Herkulesa ne mo,ete da varate. Morate da znate
kako 7unkcioni*e koleno i kako iz+ledaju mi*i/i na ruci kada se !okrenu. Iivi modeli su )ili od
!omo/i do odre-ene +ranice" ali !o*to su likovi veoma stilizovani" zavr*ite na kraju zatvoreni3 o(iju" zami*ljaju/i kako su se
+r(ki )o+ovi kretali. Veliki deo ins!iracije dolazio je i od +lasova" !a mi je tako Tejt #onovan )io od velike !omo/i. 9
9@o* jedan od izazova )io je Had. Zlikovac kakvo+ do sada nismo imali9" ka,e Ranijeri. 9S jedne strane on !oku*ava da vam
)ude !rijatelj" a sa dru+e !un je tajni koje ne ,eli da otkrije .redstavili smo +a !ri(ljivca ko+a mo,ete da sretnete u !rodavnici
automo)ila i !utuju/e+ !rodavca koji tre)a da vas u)edi u ne*to. Ovakav lik mo,e da vas 7ascinira" ali to je ujedno i naj+ora
vrsta zlo/a koja se ne otkriva do samo+ kraja. #,ejms Vuds je )io sjajan saradnik. Na !ro)ama nam je da !re+r*t materjala sa
kojim je mo+lo sva*ta da se uradi. On je zaista o,iveo likove i dao nam ideje koje mi nikada ne )ismo !rimenili na neki
ne+ativan lik.9
%en #ankan" koji je nad+ledao kreiranje Me+ ka,e da je u,ivao tokom rada na ovoj dinami(noj i ener+i(noj dami. 9Ono *to je
sjajno jeste da je Me+ jak karakter koji ume da misli svojom +lavom. Veoma je s!retna" nezavisna i 7ilmu daje dramsku crtu"
koja !oti(e iz (injenice da joj se ne veruje. 9
Mo,da jedan od najsme*niji3 likova je 8il" kome je +las !ozajmio #eni #e Vito. nimator" $rik Bold)er+" zadu,en za kreiranje
8ilovo+ lika !o(eo je od crta samo+ +lumca. .riznaje da mu je im!rovizacija ovo+ vrsno+ +lumca !omo+la da u lik unese
!otre)nu ,ivost i komi(ni elemenat koji mu je !reko !otre)an.
The Hydra is the mythological monster who has many heads.
HYDRA begins with an auto-pedestrian accident of a pretty girl run over by a taxi. r. !ason" a passenger in
the same taxi" #umps out to give aid to the victim while the driver has a panic attac$. The scene is observed
from a window by someone whom the camera does not show.
r. !ason" the main character of the film" is still a young man whose ma#or vocation outside of the church
would be sacred archeological research. He%s not pleased with his real sacerdotal duties to care for a
neighborhood church. r. !ason has a childhood friend who is a psychologist with whom he engages in
dialogues. &n these conversations the viewer comes to $now !ason intimately and" at the same time" obtains a
lay point of view of the mysterious occurrences. After the initial incident" a member of his church calls upon
him to help her daughter who" according to her" is being possessed by a demon or evil spirit. r. !ason resists"
affirming that he can%t do anything" and that her problem is of a medical nature. The member discusses this
with r. !ason and defies his priestly condition" declaring that he has no faith...r. !ason ends up by accepting
to go to the congregant%s house" however accompanied by his psychologist friend. The character made up by
the congregant%s daughter presents with all of the symptoms of demonic possession that we%ve seen in other
films of the genre' however no ob#ect flies through the air or moves by itself" finally only manifests itself in the
altered behavior" sexually lustful and alteration of voice. The psychologist friend affirms it to be a psychiatric
matter and that the girl should go to the hospital. !ason enters into the dar$ened room and tries to read a
passage in the (ible.
The )possessed) girl tears her own clothes" leaving her partially na$ed while screaming swearwords" and
offering herself to him sexually. *hen r. !ason turns on the light to better be able to read the (ible the girl
wea$ens...At this time her mother enters the room" who hugs her and the girl ends by wa$ing up" apparently
free from the possession. After this type of exorcism other cases repeat themselves" including one with a
married woman who also goes to the same church...The viewer does not have bac$ground $nowledge of these
domestic scenes happening to a lady and her daughter" surprisingly" and there is no explanation that the lady
is played by the same actress who played the role in the +other, narrated cases of )possession). These
occurrences generate a psychological conflict in r. !ason" which basically does not accept the traditional
explanations for cases of possession. He as$s his superiors to be removed of his duties at the church" and this is
denied" since no church in the city has attracted so many of the faithful. His superiors desire !ason%s
popularity. The priest begins to have nightmares where he discovers himself to be aroused and incapable of
resting the sex appeal of the possessed ones that the dreams bring to him. An ugly and deformed face ta$es
form during the dream" repeatedly replacing the face of one of the beautiful )possessed ones). !ason%s
psychologist friend happens to be his escape to rationality. -rincipally after r. !ason understands that he is
dealing with the same )demon) or )evil spirit) by virtue of which is spo$en by the )possessed ladies).
Together they try to solve the mystery and" by the psychologist%s deductive powers" they discover that the only
points in common with the young )possessed) women were the fact that they all attended his church and all of
them wal$ed there from home. There was only one point on the route common to both" the street where r.
!ason remembered having had the strange car.pedestrian accident where he tried to assist the victim. &n their
research at the police station they discovered that many pedestrian-car so-called accidents occurred at the
same point in that street. /ew research discovered what the police had not" that all the accidents occurred on
the same date. r. !ason discovers the existence of only one high-rise apartment complex in front of the point
where the accidents occurred. He does phone research and discovers a suspicious apartment. He goes to that
apartment and meets a woman" the mother of a paraplegic" albino woman" who was the same woman in the
disconnected scenes.
0122ARY3 The Hydra was a paraly4ed" albino woman 5therefore the episodes of )possession) would
disappear soon after r. !ason turned on the light to read the (ible" since albinos are sensitive to light6" who in
infancy had been run over by her father who died in the accident. That daughter was then cared for by the
mother in her dar$ bedroom where she developed incredible telepathic powers" which allowed her to direct
where people went and to control their minds. 0he would spend the day in front of her window capturing the
faces of pretty women" and pro#ecting those to her mother to whom she totally controlled. 0he fixed on r.
!ason one day in the accident" which provo$ed her' in the same way as did all the others that occurred in front
of her apartment building. The date of her father%s death was the same as her becoming paraly4ed. The final
scenes of )Hydra) show her with broadened powers by the nearness transforming her into various women in
r. !ason%s presence who struggles to control his own mind. Ta$ing advantage of the fixation of her daughter
on r. !ason" her mother tries to get rid of the priest who" da4ed" was obli7ue to drive himself to the bedside
where he encountered the Hydra. &n the middle of the fight the candle on an altar" the only source of light in
the room" falls on the ground" starting a fire. r. !ason manages to escape and the scene changes to the middle
of the street where we see r. !ason in street clothes tal$ing normally with his friend the psychologist. 8ne of
the formerly possessed women #oyfully crosses the street in their direction' a car begins to weave erratically
and frightens the actors and viewers. The scene changes with the viewer%s understanding that !ason
abandoned the 9hurch and that he is having a relationship with some young woman. &n the final shot the
young woman is laughing in a sarcastic manner" hiding behind dar$ glasses...
That screenplay would find any producer who li$es the story with the proper dialogue and details necessary to
produce the film.
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T3is Italian !e!lum !roduction Jas ori+inallF released in 0<?: as B'I MORI #I $RCO'$ 4J3ic3 translates to 'OV$S O8
H$RC&'$S. In 0<??" t3e 7ilm Jas !urc3ased )F Kalter ManleF $nter!rises" J3o edited" du))ed" and renamed it H$RC&'$S
VS. TH$ HL#R 7or TV release. Kit3 t3e success o7 RidleF ScottMs B'#ITOR" sJord and sandal 7ilms are 3ot a+ain. T3ou+3
H$RC&'$S VS. TH$ HL#R is no B'#ITOR" it still mana+es to +enerate some +ladiator eNcitement" des!ite t3e o)vious
c3eese.
T3e tJo c3eesecakeG)ee7cake stars" @aFne 4'S V$BS HI''5I''LS6 Mans7ield and MickeF 45'OO#L .IT O8 HORROR6
Har+itaF Jere a real li7e cou!le" and t3eir c3emistrF s!ills over onto t3e )i+ screen. T3e )i+-)usted Mans7ield Jas revered as a
!in u! Oueen in t3e late 7i7ties and earlF siNties. SadlF" 3er career Jas cut s3ort J3en s3e !assed aJaF in 0<?P. Here Mans7ield
3as a dual role as t3e )eauti7ul dutF-)ound !rincess #ejanira" and t3e evil leader o7 t3e mazon Jomen. T3is Jas Har+itaFMs
7irst sta) at Hercules. T3e su!!ortin+ cast consists o7 Italian actors and actresses 4like Massimo Serato" Biulio #onnini" and
rturo 5ra+a+lia6 J3o look em)arrassed to )e in t3is 7ilm. H$RC&'$S VS TH$ HL#R Jas directed )F Carlo 'udovico
5ra+alia" J3o directed ot3er 7ilms o7 t3e +enre suc3 as &RS&S IN TH$ V''$L O8 TH$ 'IONS and Q&$$N O8 55L'ON.
K3ile Hercules is aJaF" t3e ca!tain o7 t3e +uard named Nico 7rom t3e kin+dom o7 rcadia" murders HerculesM Ji7e. T3e )lame
is !ut u!on t3e kin+ o7 rcadia. 7ter Hercules mourns t3e deat3 o7 3is Ji7e" 3e travels to rcadia to 7ace t3e kin+. 5ut t3e kin+
is alreadF dead 4t3anks to t3e treac3erous Nico6. T3e kin+Ms dau+3ter #ejanira is noJ t3e leader and s3e is unaJare o7 3er
ca!tain o7 t3e +uardMs treac3erF. #ejanira and Hercules OuicklF develo! 7eelin+s 7or one anot3er" )ut s3e is !romised to anot3er"
.rince calos. T3ou+3 3er 3eart laF Jit3 Hercules" s3e Jill do anFt3in+ to kee! !eace in 3er kin+dom.
Nico sta)s .rince calos Jit3 a kni7e li7ted 7rom Hercules. NaturallF" Hercules +ets t3e )lame" and t3en Nico 3as 3im !ut on
trial. Hercules demands 3is 7reedom to !rove 3e is innocent. Hercules 3unts t3e one man J3o maF 3ave !roo7 o7 3is innocence"
)ut discovers t3e H 3eaded HFdra monster. 7ter a draJn out stru++le" Hercules mana+es to slaF t3e )east" )ut t3e creature
mortallF Jounds 3im. T3e HFdra Jas t3e +uardian to t3e realm o7 t3e mazon Jomen" and noJ t3eF are 7ree.
T3e mazon Jomen a)duct t3e Jounded Hercules and 3eal t3em. 5ut t3e mazon Jomen Jant to control Hercules" so t3eir
leader ma+icallF dis+uises 3ersel7 as #ejanira and seduces 3im. MeanJ3ile" Nico is killin+ anFone J3o stands )etJeen 3im
and #ejaniraMs t3rone. 5ut 3e controls 3er troo!s" and 3e +ives 3er an ultimatum2 make 3im t3e ruler o7 rcadia )F marria+e" or
die. Hercules must 7ind a JaF to 7i+3t o77 t3e mazon Jomen" and return to t3e kin+dom o7 rcadia" to rescue 3is loved one.
H$RC&'$S VS TH$ HL#R is so c3eesF" t3at it does not 7ail to entertain. nd Fou 3ave to like HerculesM sensitivitF. 8ive
minutes a7ter 3is Ji7e dies" 3e is in love a+ain Jit3 t3e neNt Joman 3e meetsR $OuallF 3ilarious is t3at MickeF Har+itaF is
du))ed Jit3 a 5ritis3 accentR T3e ot3er male c3aracters are du))ed )F S3akes!earean-stFle actors" J3ic3 makes 7or )etter
dialo+ deliverF t3an Fou Jould ima+ine. @aFne Mans7ield looks +reat as #ejanira s!ortin+ a )lack Ji+. To contrast t3is" as t3e
evil leader o7 t3e mazons J3o du!es Hercules" s3e Jears a red Ji+. Mans7ield !laFs 3er c3aracter like 'iz TaFlor in
C'$O.TR. T3ou+3 not a +reat actress" s3e 3as some screen !resence and makes t3e )est o7 3er roles.
MickeF Harti+aFMs !er7ormance as Hercules is disa!!ointin+ com!ared to Steve Reeves 4J3o made t3e Hercules 7ranc3ise
7amous6. Lou donMt need to 3ave actin+ skills to !er7orm a role like t3is" es!eciallF i7 Fou knoJ Four dialo+ Jill )e du))ed" )ut it
is nice to 3ave some c3arisma" at )est. T3ou+3 3e is a )i+ +uF" Harti+aF just 3as no !resence. s Hercules" Harti+aF )attles t3e
t3ree-3eaded 3Fdra 4a lar+e" unconvincin+" mec3anized !ro! t3at 7ails to de!ict anF realism6" sto!s a maddened )ull on t3e
loose 4t3e animal looks dru++ed6" 7i+3ts a s3a++F )i+7oot-like creation 4a lar+e Breek +uF Jit3 a 3airF )ack and rotted teet36"
encounters Jalkin+ tree men 4actors in 7oam tree out7its6" and is ca!tured )F a !let3ora o7 mazon Jomen 4canMt saF anFt3in+
)ad a)out t3e mazon JomenD t3eF all look +reatR6.
T3e !roduction desi+n is eNcellent" )ut muc3 o7 it is lost in t3e !an and scan !rocess. T3e Roman costumin+ looks color7ul and
3i+3lF aut3entic. T3e interior scenes Jere o)viouslF s3ot on a soundsta+e someJ3ere" )ut t3e art direction is !rettF detailed.
T3ere are some Jonder7ul eNterior !anoramic sets J3ic3 must 3ave looked aJesome in Jidescreen" )ut are castrated 3ere.
T3ere is a verF ancient lookin+ Breek colonnade t3at looks convincin+ even in t3e 7ull 7rame trans7er.
0&:HT
T3e ori+inal t3eatrical ratio 7or B'I MORI #I $RCO'$ is :.H=.0. NaturallF" J3en it Jas released to TV )F Kalter ManleF
.roductions" t3e trans7er Jas !anned and scanned to 7it t3e TV screen. Trimark must 3ave o!tioned onlF t3e TV !rint since
t3atMs J3at Je +et 3ere 40.HH.06. T3is is a crFin+ s3ame" )ecause t3e !roduction team !ut in a lot o7 Jork to !roduce e!ic set
desi+ns. T3ese sets 4not to mention t3e s!ecial e77ects" t3e cast" and t3e lar+e num)er o7 eNtras6 are all com!romised. lso" t3e
7ull 7rame trans7er 3as t3at Jas3ed out look 7rom overscannin+. Lou knoJ" t3e ima+e lacks detail and t3e colors are muted. On
t3e !ositive side" t3is is a decent !rint 7or a ;> Fear old 7ilmD t3ere is not as manF nics" scratc3es" and im!er7ections as Fou
Jould eN!ect to see in t3e ima+e. Several close u!s o7 t3e c3aracters actuallF donMt look too )ad. T3e )lack level is verF dee!"
and t3e ot3er colors are all evident 4t3ou+3 a )it so7t6. BenerallF" t3e video OualitF is muc3 )etter t3an VHS" )ut not J3at it
s3ould )e 7or #V#. T3e action scenes do not su77er 7rom t3e !ro)lems 3ere" )ut t3eF do a!!ear truncated in t3e !an and scan
trans7er. #es!ite t3is major s3ortcomin+" Fou can still a!!reciate t3e !ositive t3in+s in t3e cinemato+ra!3F" like t3e re+al
costumin+" aut3entic !roduction desi+n" c3ea! monsters" and t3e )reasts o7 @aFne Mans7ield.
081/D
T3e audio !ortion certainlF 7ares )etter t3an t3e videoD at least t3e soundtrack 3as not )een altered in anF JaF 4i7 Fou donMt
count t3e du))in+6. H$RC&'$S VS. TH$ HL#R is solid #ol)F #i+ital Mono :.> !resentation" Jit3 onlF a 7eJ audio 7laJs
4some distortion and t3e occasional )ack+round 3iss6. Most o7 t3e movie is dialo+ driven and t3is miN serves t3at Jell. T3e
du))in+ is verF Jell doneD at least com!ared to 7ilms du))ed todaF 4J3F do 7ilms du))ed )ack t3en sound )etter t3an 7ilms
du))ed todaFS6. Most o7 t3e voice actors are o7 t3e S3akes!eare varietF" and t3eF mana+e to !roject some aut3oritF into t3eir
lines 4es!eciallF t3ose !ortraFin+ t3e )ad +uFs6. T3e $n+lis3 dialo+ is also eN!ertlF sFnc3ronized Jit3 t3e 7orei+n actors. One
3i+3li+3t o7 t3e soundtrack is t3e score )F Carlo Innocenzi" 4J3o also scored MI'' O8 TH$ STON$ KOM$N" BO'ITH N#
TH$ 5R5RINS" and T'S IN TH$ 'N# O8 TH$ CLC'O.S6 J3ic3 s3ould !lease 7ans o7 soundtrack music. His
com!ositions are 7ull o7 rousin+ c3oral arran+ements" com!lete Jit3 tenors in t3e )ack+round. It is a +lorious score indeed. nd
it sounds nicelF inte+rated on t3e soundtrack" and is not over!oJered )F t3e du))in+ or sound e77ects. T3is score is a)out t3e
onlF t3in+ in t3e 7ilm does not come o77 as c3eesF.
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T3e onlF eNtra is a custom Trimark trailer 7or t3e #V$NT&R$S O8 H$RC&'$S #V# 5oN Set. T3e s3ort trailer consists o7
)rie7 scenes 7rom all seven 7ilms in t3e collection. T3e trailer is 7ull 7rame and mono" naturallF. 'ook 7or #V# revieJs comin+
soon 7or t3e ot3er entries in Hercules #V# 5oN Set2 'ION O8 TH$5$S" TH$ TRO@N HORS$" M$#&S BINST TH$ SON
O8 H$RC&'$S" TH$ TRI&M.H O8 H$RC&'$S" H$RC&'$S VS. TH$ SONS O8 TH$ SON" and H$RC&'$S VS. TH$
MO'OCH.
98/9<10&8/
8ans o7 t3e Hercules and Tena TV s3oJs s3ould +et a kick out o7 t3is to see J3ere t3ose s3oJs draJ t3eir in7luences 7rom.
T3is #V# 3as itMs !ro)lems 4mainlF t3e !an and scan trans7er6" )ut t3e trans7er is 7ar su!erior to VHS or MC J3ic3 are t3e
onlF tJo JaFs to see t3ese +ladiator classics. Lea3" H$RC&'$S VS. TH$ HL#R is c3eesF" )ut it is c3eesF in a 7un JaF.
Branted" t3ese 7ilms are not 7or everFone. 5ut !eo!le J3o enjoF t3e Sin)ad 7ilms maF like t3is" just donMt eN!ect t3at RaF
HarrF3ausen ma+ic. Bettin+ )ack to t3e !an and scan desecration" it is 3ard to com!lain since t3ere are P movies in t3e )oN set
7or UH=. T3atMs U= dollars a movie" t3e loJest sin+le !rice o7 a #V# title t3at IMve encountered Fet. Bra) a cou!le )reJs or
cocktails" relaN" and +et readF to lau+3.
THE ADVENTURES OF HERCULES is available at DVDEmpire

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Hercules Vs. The Hydra
The Company Line
The King of urito !ills Hercules" #ife so Hercules heads off to urito to get some re$enge.
%nce he gets there& he finds out that the King is already dead. 'e also learn that the guy that
!illed the King is loo!ing to ta!e the throne for himself. (omeho# it all means that
)Hercules must *attle three headed monsters and Cyclops to defeat the e$il $illain and sa$e
the !idnapped +e,anira.)
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The Re$ie#
'ell& here"s another one of these Hercules that doesn"t ha$e a *eard. 2 understand sha$ing the
rest of your *ody for these types of roles& *ecause e$en us guys that are into girls #ould rather not ha$e to stare at
some gladiator"s *ac! hair if at all possi*le. The clean3sha$en Hercules though remains one of my greatest pet pee$es
in cinema. 2 don"t get #hy these *eefy ancient types are portrayed li!e they run around in the under#orld and $arious
temples li!e they ha$e a little sha$ing !it #ith them. 2 suppose it could *e hidden under those little school3girl
minis!irts they seem partial to #earing (than! god that hasn"t caught on li!e it did #ith girls #hen 4ritney !ic!started
that pseudo3pedophile fashion statement a fe# years ago #ith her o*scene $ideo)& *ut #ouldn"t the aftersha$e they
use attract un#anted creatures li!e *ugs& minotaurs& and the s!inny guy that al#ays is hanging around Hercules in
these mo$ies any#ay5 (o 2 #as outraged to see a *a*y3faced Hercules #ould *e firing up the leather fetish3#ear in
this particular ad$enture& *ut my outrage also turned to delight #hen 2 disco$ered that this particular Herc #ould *e
played *y none other than 6ic!ey Hargitay7 6ic!ey of course *rought us ,oy in such classic fare as Bloody Pit Of
Horror and #as also seen in Lady Frankenstein (though used sparingly in a decidedly )straight) role as a police
detecti$e). 6ic!ey #as some !ind of *ody*uilder that really had that Hercules style of acting done pat. 4y that& 2
mean he #as a*le to stand at odd positions& #ith his arms ,utting out from his *ody so that #e #ould *e a*le to see
that he #as super3,ac!ed and ready to fle8 some no3good enemy monster to death. 6ic!ey also !ne# that in any
*attle scenes& Hercules had to do a lot of e8aggerated lunging and groping. This #as o*$iously to communicate to the
audience ho# mega3po#erful Herc #as& *ecause if he #as 9uic! and sure in his attac!s& #e #ouldn"t get to see him
role around #ith his foe& put cho!eholds on him& or hold him up a*o$e his head li!e one of those papier mache roc!s
that littered the ancient lands.
2"ll *e up front #ith you on this one. :our story is not #hat 2 #ould call the tightest. 2n fact&
it"s a*out as loose as that *road that plays a lot of pool do#n on the east side of to#n in my
fa$orite hon!yton!& *ut ,ust li!e her& this mo$ie ma!es up for that *y pacing the rolling
around& sta**ings& lo$e potions& and farm animal attac!s so that #e remain in its thrall for
most of the hour and a half our ten *uc!s *uys us. 2n a mo$e that defies any logic (ancient or
other#ise) all of this muscle3headed ad$enture *egins *ecause some moron thought it #ould
*e a good idea to in$ade Hercules" !ingdom #hile he"s out of to#n (at some all3male retreat
no dou*t) and !ill his #ife. 2 need to lodge one complaint that seems endemic to these )hun!s
and pun!s) films. %ther than Hercules (or #hate$er alias the main character happens to *e
going *y 3 it helps to !eep the numerous male companions you ha$e stashed a#ay in e$ery
$illage from finding out a*out each other)& 2 can ne$er understand& remem*er& or !eep trac! of
the names that all these characters use. ;ll their names end in )pedes) or )icus) and the du**ing is usually so #anting
that these names are ,ust !ind of slurred out in a hurry and 2"m ne$er sure #ho they"re referring to or #hat name they
actually said. Thus& as in most <od=illa mo$ies& 2 am forced to gi$e each character my o#n name& ,ust to !eep trac!
of them. >or instance& the dope #ith the strange facial hair (s!inny *eard #ith upper lip sha$ed) #ho hatched this
ridiculous plot to !ill Hercules" #ife& #ill henceforth *e !no#n as ?loticus. 2 #asn"t e$er too sure #hat he #as trying
to do *y !illing 6rs. Hercules& *ut once he did it& he then dou*lecrossed his o#n !ing and !illed him. The thin!ing
here #as that Hercules #ould thin! that the !ing !illed his #ife& *ut since the !ing #as dead& there #ould *e no
$engeance to ta!e. The people *ac! home #ould ,ust *e told that the !ing fell honora*ly in *attle and then this guy
#ould *e in charge. 'ell& e8cept for the daughter of the !ing& #ho ,ust *ecame 9ueen and is already *etrothed to
another guy. ?loticus is non3plussed *y all this and hatches another dia*olically dum* scheme #herein he"ll frame
Hercules for the murder of the ne# 9ueen"s fiancee and then mo$e in on the 9ueen himself. The pro*lem 2 see #ith
this is that Hercules isn"t the !ind of guy that"s going to sit still for some murder trial. ;dd to that the fact that this
guy gets murdered *y *eing sta**ed *y Hercules" dagger in the *ac! and e$eryone #ill tell you that"s not Herc"s style.
He li!es to get his hands all o$er a man #hen he"s *attling him& #restling around on the ground& putting e8otic holds
on him e$ery#here his tan muscular hands can find purchase on his opponent"s *ron=ed *ody. Herc may *e loo!ing
to stic! his dagger some#here in this guy& *ut it surely isn"t in his *ac!& if you smell the *a*y oil.
Hercules gets #ord that his @ahem@ #ife has *een !illed *y some dirty dogs from the
other $illage and he immediately stomps off to see #hat the hec! is going on #ith
those guys. Hercules is a man"s man (*ut 2 surely didn"t need to tell you that) so he
doesn"t sho# a lot of the emotion that most of guys #ould pro*a*ly e8perience #hen
our #i$es turned up dead and #e had an ali*i. 6ic!ey plays Hercules as a guy #ith a
perpetually dull3#itted loo! on his face& though sometimes he"s a*le to mo$e that loo!
into )haughty) territory #hen the situation re9uires it (i.e. his face tires of holding the
dull3#itted e8pression). Hercules hauls arse o$er to this $illage to find out #hat in the
dic!ens is going on. He demands to see the !ing so he can get started #ith his $engeance and is told that the !ing is
already dead. 'hile he is there though& he may as #ell participate in some trial that the 9ueen has to go through. 2
#as ne$er terri*ly clear #hat precipitated this trial that the 9ueen #ould ha$e to endure (?loticus says something
a*out ho# the people #ould ne$er accept her as the legitimate ruler until she #ent through #ith it) and 2 don"t !no#
#hy they as!ed Hercules to do it& *ut you !no# the *ig guy7 Hand me those *attle a8es7 The 9ueen is tied up to some
apparatus and Hercules has to thro# four *attle a8es at her. 2f he nails her& she 9uite o*$iously fails the trial (some
#ould say it #as Hercules that failed& *ut he gets to go home for dinner that night no matter #hat). Hercules
demonstrates some pretty funny thro#ing techni9ues and manages not hit her& #hich considering her ;nna3Aicole
(mith3si=ed figure is 9uite an accomplishment. 2 suppose a fe# #ords a*out the 9ueen are in order right a*out no#.
(he"s played *y 6ic!ey"s then real3life #ife& Bayne 6ansfield. Bayne #as famous as some type of se8 sym*ol !no#n
for her really *ig *a=ooms (that"s #hat #e called them in the si8ties& right5) and is also famous for getting !illed in a
car #rec! later on (though she apparently #asn"t really decapitated& it #as ,ust her #ig that the #rec! !noc!ed off&
though for Bayne the difference #as pro*a*ly immaterial #ith her *eing dead and all). Bust li!e in real life& Hercules
ta!es one loo! at the 9ueen and is immediately entranced *y her talents. 2 personally thin! 6ic!ey and Bayne spent a
lot time comparing their *reast si=es #ith one another& *ut that"s ,ust ran! speculation.
Hercules and the 9ueen get on famously (they"re *oth *ig3*oned foreigners in a land of s!inny
2talians) and they go out riding #hen all of a sudden there"s a stampede of co#s7 2 #as ri$eted
to my chair& *iting my nails as 2 #ondered #hether Hercules had e$er #or!ed a dude ranch
and #ould ha$e the s!ills to defeat these e$il co#s. 'ell& 2 needn"t ha$e #orried& *ecause
Herc has al#ays had a soft spot (,ust don"t as! #here7) for farm animals (see also Hercules
Vs. The Sons Of The Sun) and he sets a*out rounding up those little doggies. Bust then& a
rampaging hell3*ull (loo!s li!e regular *ull& *ut rampages) goes after the 9ueen (2 thin! her
name #as +iphtheria or something) and Hercules has to 9uit playing co#*oy and s#itch to
rodeo mode7 He ,umps off his horse and goes after this *ull ,ust li!e it #as some Roman
soldier. 2n a mo$ie filled #ith spectacular moments (the *attle #ith the Hydra& the fate of the
tree3men& the *attle #ith the guy in the ugly ape suit)& this *attle #ith a really *ig co# #as
pro*a*ly the *est. Hercules literally gra*s this thing *y the horns and starts rassling #ith it as the 9ueen ma!es
#orried faces in reaction shots. Ao#& the co# #asn"t really doing much in the #ay fighting Hercules& other than
resisting *eing #restled do#n to the ground& *ut e$entually this farm animal had no choice *ut to yield to the
superior strength and fighting pro#ess of this demi3god (;hh& to li$e in olden times& #hen the gods #ould #al!
among men and *eat up their cattle7). Hercules sta*s this poor *east and then stupidly lea$es his !nife *ehind so that
it could later *e used to frame him up. %f course once he finds out a*out the *ig frame up& he goes running off the
under#orld to find some guy #ho #as a #itness to something or had information a*out someone. 2 re#ound this
scene to try and figure out #ho this guy #as and #hy he #ould pro$e Hercules as *eing innocent ('hy did he e$en
care5)& *ut the ne8t thing 2 !no# this dude is in the ,a#s of this ?arade of Roses Hydra float and is apparently dead.
Hercules em*arrasses himself early on in this *attle *y slapping this *ig three3headed fraternity float upside the head
#ith his s#ord. He finally chops off one of its heads (sho#n mostly off3screen: #e see a little *lood from its nec!
and then #e see its head laying on the ground)& *ut ,ust #hen it seems that Hercules has defeated the Hydra& he
*umps into one of its other heads and gets !noc!ed out (and yes& it in$ol$ed 6ic!ey doing some really fa!e3loo!ing
stum*ling and flopping around mo$es). +on"t #orry a*out him though& *ecause he #a!es up in the land of the
;ma=ons7
'ith the help of a lo$e potion that ma!es the 9ueen of the ama=ons loo! li!e a red3headed Bayne 6ansfield& Hercules
plum forgets a*out ho# mad he #as that he"d *een framed for some murder or something *ac! some#here or other.
Ho#e$er& he isn"t completely out of danger here #ith these ama=ons. (ee& #hene$er their 9ueen gets do#n #ith her
lo$ers she ta!es them out to the >orest of +eath or someplace and turns them into li$ing trees. That didn"t ma!e a lot
sense to me either& *ut may*e it"s some sly comment a*out guys really ,ust *eing *ig pieces of #ood or something.
Hercules is #arned a*out this and he escapes (e$entually& after li!e laying around #ith the 9ueen for a fe# nights)
and the 9ueen is caught up in one of these trees and is !illed. Hercules ma!es it *ac! to his $illage& is told that
+iphtheria is imprisoned *y the *ad guys *ac! at the other $illage& leads an in$asion force& chases after +iphtheria
and ?loticus and ends up in a ca$e fighting a guy that loo!s li!e he"s #earing a *ro#n shag carpet. Classic strongman
action all the #ay around in this one7 There"s something for e$eryone in this mo$ie. <uys #ith *ig *oo*ies& gals #ith
*ig *oo*ies& #ild *ulls& sta**ings& monsters& ama=ons& and e$en some type of acid *ath7 2t"s clear that the filmma!ers
used the lac! of a story that made any sense to their ad$antage. Cnfettered *y the needs of plot and continuity& they
shuttled Hercules all o$er the map into lots of different and fairly short3li$ed ad$entures. 2 li!e a mo$ie that distracts
from its dum*ness #ith the sheer $olume of its antics. (ure the monsters are lo#3rent costume shop type things& *ut
at least this mo$ie has Hercules getting his s#eaty *iceps on some monsters. (ome of these Hercules things only
ha$e him thumping other guys in s!irts and a little of that goes a long #ay. 2 #ill confess that 2 #as some#hat let
do#n that they constrained 6ic!ey in his Hercules role& ne$er letting him loose to do the #hac!ed out stuff #e !no#
he"s capa*le of from such hits as Bloody Pit Of Horror. He played it really straight& #ithout any of the o$er3the3top
humor #e !no# he"s capa*le of& *ut may*e #ith him surrounded *y all the stupid stuff happening he felt li!e he
needed to *e an anchor of realism in this ocean of rummage3sale costumes. This is pretty good as far as deranged
s#ord and sandal happenings go. 'hen one of my *uddies found out that 2 had seen this& he claimed to ha$e #atched
it in the mo$ie theatre years ago. 2 !ne# he #as lying& *ecause if he really had seen it& he #ould"$e *ragged a*out it
sooner than this& instead of ,ust hopping on the Hercules *and#agon no#. This is pro*a*ly stating the o*$ious& *ut he
if he really #ants to see it& he"ll ha$e to *uy his o#n copy& *ecause there"s no #ay 2"m letting this one out of my sight7
our-!isc "o# $et
'his -lassi- Her-ules -olle-tion isi"illed Lith eA-iting adventures( -ourageous res-ues( duelsito theideath( big%
s-reen battles( andi-lashed Lith unimaginable beasts. 5oaded Lith -olor"ul spe-ial e""e-ts andithrilling big%
s-reen a-tion. $t isia must%havei"or ever@ -olle-torM
Hercules vs. The !l!ch
At #@-ene ( theihorrible =ult o" #olo-h -allsi"or theisa-ri"i-e o" thei"inest @oung peopleiin theiregion. )ntering
thei-it@ in-ognitio( !lau-o assumes theiname o" Her-ules andiper"orms "eats o" strength andideAterit@ Lhi-h so
impress theiNueen that she appoints him =aptain o" thei!urads at #olo-hOs den. !lau-o leads theisu--ess"ul
rebellion against theimight@ -it@ o" #@-ene andi-onPuers theiheart o" its beauti"ul PueenM
Hercules vs. The S!"s O# The Su"
Her-ules isisaved b@ithei-ourageous Larriors o" .rin-e #a@tha "rom death at theihands o" theieivl usurper(
Atahualpa( ,ing o" thei$n-as. 'ogether Her-ules andi#a@tha res-ue beauti"ul .rin-ess Qamara Lho isiaboutito
be sa-ri"i-ed b@iAtahualpaito theiSun !od. 'hen inia dramati- duel Her-ules andi#a@tha over-ome andidestro@
theidespoti- king.
The Triumph !# Hercules
Rhen theipeople o" #@-ene riseiin revolt( their evil .rin-e #ilo andithis mother( .asiphae(ia sor-eress( -onjured
up seven superhuman beings made o" bronze Lho spread terror among theipopula-e.
e$usa vs. The S!" O# Hercules
8esieged b@itheiarmies o" Argus( theikingdon o" Seriphos ision theiverge o" "amine. 'housands o" brave soldiers
tr@ingito rea-h Seriphos b@itheim@sterious sLap bordering it have "allen vi-timitoia "ire%breathing monster. On
thei"ar side o" thei-it@( thei"ear"ul #edusa terri"ies an@one Lho looks heriin theie@e. 5eading them intoia
spe-ta-ular battle against overLhelming odds isitheiSon o" Her-ulesM
Li!" O# Thebes
A"ter theidestru-tion o" 'ro@( Helen andi#enalaus es-ape Lith their -ourt. Rhen their ship isiLre-ked o""
thei-oast o" A"ri-a( #enalaus isilost but Helen andiArion make their La@ito 'hebes( Lhere .haraoh &amses
isiover-ome b@iHelenOs "amous beaut@. &amses isiassinated b@ihis -oun-ilor. Helen andiArion are a--used o"
theimurder andiimprisoned( but Arion es-apes andigoesito #enophis Lhere he "inds #enalaus alive andiat
theihead o" theiarm@ aboutito atta-k 'hebes. Arion isijustiin timeito save Helen( Lhose senten-e o" death
isibeing -arried out. #enophis at last sits onitheithrone o" )g@pt andihis "irst o""i-ial a-t isito host "estivitiesiin
tributeito Helen andiArion( aboutito leavei"or Sparta.
The Tr!%a" H!rse
$n theitenth @ear o" 'he 'rojan Rar( Aeneas andi.aris su--eed theislain He-torias -ommanders o" thei'rojan
arm@. Opposing them isiUl@sses( Lho has devisedia stratagem Lhi-h Lill get his men inside theiinsurmountable
'rojan Ralls.
Hercules vs. The H&$ra
Rhen thei,ing o" )urito kills Her-ulesO Li"e( Her-ules travelsito )uritoito settle theis-ore. 8ut Her-ules arrivesito
"ind thei,ing alread@ dead( anditheikiller plottingito steal theithroneM

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Hercules | Conan | Sinbad | Knights | Robin Hood | 3 Musketeers
#i$%r&'()* Her+ules* P$,er Of T(e -$.s VHS
Her+ules A+/i$0 P&+k 12$ur-Dis+ Se/3 4DVD5 DVD
$!isodes 7rom 9Hercules2 T3e 'e+endarF @ourneFs9 include 9T3e Karrior .rincess"9 9T3e Bauntlet"9 9&nc3ained Heart"9
9T3e 'ost %in+dom9 and 9Hercules and t3e mazon Komen9D !lus" 9Loun+ Hercules9 and 9Hercules V Tena2 T3e
nimated Movie2 T3e 5attle 7or Mount OlFm!us.9 ;<? min. total. StandardD Soundtracks2 $n+lis3 #ol)F stereo" S!anis3
#ol)F stereo" 8renc3 #ol)F stereoD Su)titles2 8renc3" S!anis3D )io+ra!3iesD interactive menus.
Her+ules* T(e Le%e0.&r) J$ur0e)s167783 VHS
%evin Sor)o stars as t3e le+endarF Breek 3ero" t3e son o7 Zeus J3o uses 3is mi+3tF stren+t3 to 7i+3t 7or justice" in t3ese
7antasF-7illed" 7eature-len+t3 adventures t3at led to t3e 3it sFndicated action series.
Her+ules* T(e Le%e0.&r) J$ur0e)s* Her+ules A0. T(e Am&9$0 :$me0 VHS
#oes )ein+ ca!tured and 3eld !risoner )F a villa+e o7 )eauti7ul Jarrior Jomen sound like 7unS TrF tellin+ t3at to Hercules"
J3o must eit3er su)mit to t3e romantic advances o7 mazon Oueen Hi!!olFta or 7ace a torturous deat3. 'ucF 'aJless
+uest stars as 'Fsia. <0 min.
Her+ules* T(e Le%e0.&r) J$ur0e)s* Her+ules A0. T(e Am&9$0 :$me0;T(e L$s/ Ki0%.$m 4DVD5 DVD
#oes )ein+ ca!tured and 3eld !risoner )F a villa+e o7 )eauti7ul Jarrior Jomen sound like 7unS TrF tellin+ t3at to Hercules"
J3o must eit3er su)mit to t3e romantic advances o7 mazon Oueen Hi!!olFta or 7ace a torturous deat3. 'ucF 'aJless
+uest stars as 'Fsia. T3en" in a Ouest to 7ind t3e lost citF o7 TroF" Hercules must )attle suc3 menaces as a monstrous sea
ser!ent" t3e assassins knoJn as t3e 5lue Monks" and t3e sinister sc3emes o7 3is 9ste!mot3er9 Hera. 01: min. total.
StandardD Soundtrack2 $n+lis3 #ol)F stereoD Su)titles2 S!anis3" 8renc3D interactive menusD )io+ra!3ies.
Her+ules* T(e Le%e0.&r) J$ur0e)s* Her+ules I0 T(e U0.er,$rl. VHS
T3ereWll )e 9Hades9 to !aF J3en Hercules ventures into t3e de!t3s o7 t3e land o7 t3e dead to rescue a villa+e 7rom t3e +od
o7 t3e underJorldWs clutc3es. <: min.
Her+ules* T(e Le%e0.&r) J$ur0e)s* T(e !ir+le Of 2ire VHS
T3e li+3tWs +oin+ out all over t3e Jorld J3en a jealous Hera steals t3e $ternal Torc3" source o7 all o7 manWs 7ire. To restore
t3e 7lame" Hercules must )attle a +iant and a nastF Jood s!rite and even risk t3e an+er o7 7at3er Zeus. <0 min.
Her+ules* T(e Le%e0.&r) J$ur0e)s* T(e -&u0/le/ VHS
Hercules once a+ain crosses sJords Jit3 t3e lovelF and let3al Tena" J3ose 7olloJers are raidin+ villa+e a7ter villa+e. 5ut
J3en #ar!3us" 3er rut3less lieutenant" overt3roJs 3er and casts a )eaten Tena into t3e Jilderness" Jill s3e return to 7i+3t
Jit3 Hercules or a+ainst 3imS ;P min.
Her+ules* T(e Le%e0.&r) J$ur0e)s* T(e L$s/ Ki0%.$m VHS
In a Ouest to 7ind t3e lost citF o7 TroF" Hercules must )attle suc3 menaces as a monstrous sea ser!ent" t3e assassins
knoJn as t3e 5lue Monks" and t3e sinister sc3emes o7 3is 9ste!mot3er9 Hera. <0 min.
Her+ules* T(e Le%e0.&r) J$ur0e)s* T(e :&rri$r Pri0+ess VHS
'ucF 'aJless made 3er de)ut as t3e )eauti7ul )ut treac3erous !illa+er Tena in t3is e!isode" Jooin+ HerculesW )est 7riend
Iolaus as !art o7 3er evil sc3eme to s!lit t3em u! and t3us secure 3er conOuest o7 t3e land o7 rcadian. ;P min.
Her+ules* T(e Le%e0.&r) J$ur0e)s* T(e :&rri$r Pri0+ess;T(e -&u0/le/;U0+(&i0e. He&r/ 4DVD5 DVD
'ucF 'aJless made 3er de)ut as t3e )eauti7ul )ut treac3erous !illa+er Tena in t3is e!isode" Jooin+ HerculesW )est 7riend
Iolaus as !art o7 3er evil sc3eme to s!lit t3em u! and t3us secure 3er conOuest o7 t3e land o7 rcadian. T3en" Hercules
once a+ain crosses sJords Jit3 t3e lovelF and let3al Tena" J se 7olloJers are raidin+ villa+e a7ter villa+e. 5ut J3en
#ar!3us" 3er rut3less lieutenant" overt3roJs 3er and casts a )eaten Tena into t3e Jilderness" Jill s3e return to 7i+3t Jit3
Hercules or a+ainst 3imS NeNt" #emi+od and Jarrior !rincess unite J3en Hercules and Tena join )F Jar +od res as !art
o7 3is merciless !lan to conOuer t3e 7orces to sto! t3e resurrected #ar!3us" )rou+3t )ack to li7e )F Jar +od res as !art o7
3is merciless !lan to co
Her+ules* T(e Le%e0.&r) J$ur0e)s* U0+(&i0e. He&r/ VHS
#emi+od and Jarrior !rincess unite J3en Hercules and Tena join 7orces to sto! t3e resurrected #ar!3us" )rou+3t )ack to
li7e )F Jar +od res as !art o7 3is merciless !lan to conOuer t3e mortal Jorld. ;P min.
"$u0% Her+ules1677<3 VHS
'earn a)out t3e earlF Fears o7 t3e adventure-seekin+ demi+od" as a 0P-Fear-old Hercules sets out on a Ouest to !rove 3is
)raverF Jit3 a 3eroic !rince" a )eauti7ul Jarrior Joman" and a devious con artist in t3is 7eature-len+t3 sa+a 7rom t3e
!roducers o7 t3e 9Hercules2 T3e 'e+endarF @ourneFs9 series. Ian 5o3en" #ean OWBorman" @o3na SteJart star. <H min.
"$u0% Her+ules 4DVD51677<3 DVD
'earn a)out t3e earlF Fears o7 t3e adventure-seekin+ demi+od" as a 0P-Fear-old Hercules sets out on a Ouest to !rove 3is
)raverF Jit3 a 3eroic !rince" a )eauti7ul Jarrior Joman" and a devious con artist in t3is 7eature-len+t3 sa+a 7rom t3e
!roducers o7 t3e 9Hercules2 T3e 'e+endarF @ourneFs9 series. Ian 5o3en" #ean OWBorman" @o3na SteJart star. <H min.
StandardD Soundtrack2 $n+lis3 stereoD scene access.
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StandardD $n+lis3D Su)titles2 $n+lis3" S!anis3" 8renc3.
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%icked out o7 Mt. OlFm!us )F 3is 7at3er" Zeus" t3e Foun+ Breek muscleman and 3is !et 7erret 7ace a varietF o7 trials and
an arraF o7 monsters in order to !rove 3imsel7 Jort3F--learnin+ a valua)le lesson in t3e !rocess--in an eNcitin+ animated
tale o7 Herculean !ro!ortions. ?> min.
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HoJ muc3 muscle can one VCR takeS 8ind out Jit3 t3is )ul+in+ tJo-ta!e set t3at 7eatures Steve Reeves at 3is most
3eroic" and at a moneF-savin+ !rice.
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T3e ori+inal 9sJords" sandals and sJeat9 s!ectacle stars Steve Reeves as t3e muscular Breek su!er3ero J3o asks t3e
+ods to make 3im mortal so 3e can 7ind love and s3are in t3e adventures o7 3umans. His mortal adventures include 7allin+
in love Jit3 )eauti7ul !rincess SFlva %oscina and +oin+ on a !erilous journeF Jit3 @ason in searc3 o7 t3e Bolden 8leece.
0>= min.
Her+ules U0+(&i0e.167>?3 VHS
Steve Reeves returns as t3e mi+3tF Hercules in anot3er sa+a o7 muscles" maidens and monsters. Ro))ed o7 3is memorF"
Herc is a !risoner o7 t3e lovelF Queen o7 'idia and must com!ete in t3e Contest o7 Biants 7or 3is 7reedom. 0>0 min.
Her+ules @s. T(e H).r&167>?3 VHS
Hu))F and Ji7e duo MickeF Har+itaF and @aFne Mans7ield team u! in a mi+3tF mFt3-adventure" as muscular Herc
4MickeF6 must save a victimized Oueen 4@aFne6 7rom t3e sc3emes o7 an evil mazon 4@aFne a+ain6. lso 7eatures a
cFclo!s" talkin+ trees and a t3ree-3eaded dra+on. %2 9T3e 'oves o7 Hercules.9 <; min.
T(e L$@es Of Her+ules167>?3 VHS
M$le Me0 A%&i0s/ T(e S$0 Of Her+ules167>63 VHS
$truscan 3ero Maciste 4a!!arentlF Italian 7or XX)ee7cakeWW6 )attles a race o7 3ideous al)inos in t3eir Jeird under+round citF.
Mark 8orest re!rises 3is role as t3e sandal-Jearin+ muscle lad.
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ItWs a la)or o7 love 7or t3e le+endarF stron+man" as Herc 4essaFed 3ere )F 5rad Harris6 comes to t3e aid o7 a )eauti7ul
Oueen J3ose land 3as )een conOuered )F a cruel tFrant. <? min.
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Re+ .ark eNcels as t3e muscular 3ero in t3is 9s!a+3etti s!ectacle9 t3at 7inds Hercules in t3e underJorld" trFin+ to save 3is
sonWs soul 7rom Baea" t3e Jicked $art3 +oddess. MeanJ3ile" BaeaWs son travels to $art3 and masOuerades as a
villainous Herc. S3ar!-eFed vieJers Jill s!ot stock 7oota+e 7rom 9Hercules and t3e Ca!tive Komen9 and 9Hercules in t3e
Haunted Korld.9 Kit3 Bia Sandri.
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stra!!in+ demi-+od named .erseus trades )loJs Jit3 a 3ideous one-eFed monster and 3er le+ion o7 stone men. Italian-
S!anis3 adventure 7rom t3e a+e o7 le+ends stars Ric3ard Harrison and nna Ranalli. %2 9.erseus t3e Invinci)le.9
2ire M$0s/ers A%&i0s/ T(e S$0 Of Her+ules167>A3 VHS
T3ereWll )e a 3ot time in old Macedonia toni+3t" as MaNus" 9t3e muscular son o7 t3e muscular one"9 sOuares o77 a+aint a
+a++le o7 +uar+antuan" 7ire-)reat3in+ creatures to save t3e residents o7 a remote valleF. Re+ 'eJis" Mar+aret 'ee star. 1>
min.
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SJordsR SineJsR SandR Muscleman %irk Morris dons t3e loinclot3 7or t3is s!ectacle" in J3ic3 t3e mFt3ical 3ero 3el!s a
+rou! o7 nomadic 3erdsmen )attle t3eir JaF t3rou+3 t3e 9ValleF o7 t3e T3underin+ $c3oes9 to reac3 a 7a)led oasis. %2
9Hercules o7 t3e #esert"9 9T3e Slave Merc3ants.9 <H min.
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Rock Stevens 4later .eter 'u!us o7 9Mission2 Im!ossi)le9 7ame6" as Hercules" is called on to save t3e Queen o7 Helledes"
a ruler desired )F t3e evil kin+ o7 5a)Flon and 3is t3ree sleazF si)lin+s. Hercules 3as 3is Jork cut out 7or 3im" )ut t3e
lar+e clu) 3e Jields 3el!s matters.
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.rince Blauco o7 MFcene !re!ares to rid 3is 7at3erWs kin+dom o7 evildoers )F Jearin+ t3e name and loinclot3 o7 t3e 3ero
Hercules 4some3oJ 9T3e Mi+3tF Blauco9 just didnWt 3ave t3e same rin+6. Bordon Scott stars. %2 9ConOuest o7 MFcene.9
<1 min.
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#ad le7t )e3ind Ouite a lionskin to 7ill" )ut t3e Jell-+roomed and 3eavilF-muscled %irk Morris more t3an acOuits 3imsel7 in
t3is e!ic adventure loaded Jit3 sJord!laF" stron+men" and sava+erF. nd Jait until Fou 3ear t3e t3eme son+R
Ul)sses A%&i0s/ T(e S$0 Of Her+ules167>C3 VHS
TJo o7 mFt3olo+FWs +reatest 3eroes--&lFsses and" um" t3e o77s!rin+ o7 Hercules--are !itted in a 7ierce stru++le until )ot3
are ca!tured )F )izarre 3al7-man" 3al7-)ird creatures. NoJ" t3eF must team Jit3 eac3 ot3er to sto! t3e nasties" controlled
)F a )eauti7ul )ut evil Oueen. Beor+es Marc3al and Mic3ael 'ane star.
Her+ules A%&i0s/ T(e M$0%$ls167>C3 VHS
7ter Jarlord Ben+3is %3an dies" 3is t3ree sons +o on a murderous ram!a+e" killin+ innocent !eo!le and jailin+ .rincess
5ianca until t3eF decide J3ic3 one Jill marrF 3er and in3erit 3er land. Her )rot3er esca!es and tells Hercules a)out t3e
trou)les. T3en Herc +ets all medieval on t3em. Mark 8orest" zia Maria S!im and Renato Rossini star.
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8ormer 9Tarzan9 Bordon Scott takes t3e stron+man costume to )ecome Hercules" J3o +oes u! a+ainst an evil kin+
causin+ trou)le 7or t3e !o!ulation o7 ssFria. Mic3ael 'ane" Moira Or7el also star. %2 9Hero o7 5a)Flon.9 <1 min.
T(e Terr$r Of R$me A%&i0s/ T(e S$0 Of Her+ules167>C3 VHS
T3rillin+ s!ectacle !its .oseidon" t3e son o7 Hercules" a+ainst 7earsome +ladiators and 7erocious )easts in a stru++le to
7ree ca!tive C3ristians intended 7or slau+3ter in t3e Roman arena. Kit3 Mark 8orest and Marilu Tolo. 0>> min.
Her+ules A0. T(e !&'/i@e :$me0167>C3 VHS
Re+ .ark 7leNes 3is !ecs as t3e mFt3olo+ical stron+man" out to save 3is son 7rom t3e t3rall o7 t3e evil Oueen o7 tlantis.
He must overcome mFstic 3ordes and a deadlF dra+on i7 3e is to t3Jart 3er sc3emes o7 conOuest. 8aF S!ain" $ttore
Manni. <H min.
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lso availa)le in a t3eatrical" Jidescreen 7ormat.
Her+ules @s. T(e -i&0/ :&rri$rs167>83 VHS
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@ust J3at is an ncient Breek 3ero doin+ in Sout3 merica" Fou askS Kell" JeWre not too sure 3oJ 3e +ot t3ere" )ut once
Hercules 4Mark 8orest6 !lants 3is sandals in t3e land o7 t3e Incas" 3eWs readF to 3el! overt3roJ a tFrannical kin+. nna
Maria .ace" Biuliano Bemma also star. 1< min.
Her+ulesE Pris$0er Of E@il167>83 VHS
Re+ .ark" t3e Italian master o7 sJeatF sineJs and su!er3uman stren+t3" con7ronts a Jitc3 J3o 3as incredi)le" mFstical
!oJers J3ic3 ena)le 3er to turn men into JereJolves. Ka-eeeeJJR KereJolves o7 t3ensR
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T3e same cast o7 9Hercules +ainst t3e Mon+ols9 +ets to+et3er 7or anot3er 7urious loinclot3 7oraF 7eaturin+ Mark 8orest as
Hercules. Here 3e 3el!s t3e .oles save t3eir )eloved %racoJ 7rom Mon+ols led )F Ben+3is %3anWs son" %u)ali. %en
Clarke and Renato Rossini also star in t3is anac3ronistic t3rill-a-t3on.
Her+ules A%&i0s/ T(e M$$0 Me0167>83 VHS
In +rand Herculean 7as3ion" our 3ero 4lan Steel6 comes to t3e aid o7 t3e +ood Samarians and )attles t3e inter!lanetarF
menace o7 t3e Moon Men 4J3o look like +iant" lum!F Bum)Fs6 and t3e Jizard trFin+ to 3el! t3em revive t3eir Oueen. O3"
and did Je mention t3e sandstorm sceneS
Her+ules A0. T(e #l&+k Pir&/e167>83 VHS
lan Steel is actuallF Ca!tain Hercules in t3is rousin+ 3e-man marat3on in J3ic3 3e 7i+3ts t3e evil 5lack .irate and
Rodri+o" one o7 t3e BovernorWs rut3less advisors J3ile trFin+ to Jin t3e 3and o7 t3e BovernorWs )eauti7ul dau+3ter. T3is is
one !irate 7ilm Jit3 musclesR
Her+ules A0. T(e M&ske. Ri.er167>83 VHS
Suave no)leman #on @uan returns 3ome 7rom a Jar to 7ind t3at 3is )eauti7ul cousin is a)out to Jed a !oJer7ul" corru!t
nei+3)or just to kee! t3e local !eace. In order to sto! t3e marria+e 4and )ecause 3e 3as t3e 3ots 7or 3is cousin as Jell6"
#on @uan dons a red mask and teams Jit3 a BF!sF Joman and a stron+man named Hercules. .seudo-Herculean
costume drama stars lan Steel" Mimmo .almara and rturo #ominici.
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Made in $n+lis3 as t3e !ilot 7or a !ro!osed Hercules TV series" t3is 3andsome adventure stars Bordon Scott as t3e
3eroic demi+od" !itted a+ainst a +iant sea ser!ent come to snack on its mont3lF sacri7icial vir+in. => min.
Her+ules A0. T(e Te0 A@e0%ers167>83 VHS
Her+ules I0 T(e H&u0/e. :$rl.167>83 VHS
Re+ .ark returns as Herc" J3o doesnWt s3irk 7rom t3e task o7 returnin+ Jit3 t3e cure 7or 3is dFin+ )eloved...even i7 it
means a descent into t3e )oJels o7 HellR nd demon lord C3risto!3er 'ee is determined to see t3at 3e never resur7acesR
Mario 5ava directs. 1: min.
M&+is/e A%&i0s/ Her+ules I0 T(e V&le Of :$e167>83 VHS
n outra+eous Roman or+F o7 muscles and mirt3 a)ounds as tJo s3i7tF :>t3-centurF Jrestlin+ !romoters mistakenlF land
t3eir time mac3ine P">>> Fears in t3e !ast. 7ter inventin+ t3e c3a-c3a and t3e J3eel" t3e duo meets stron+men Hercules
48rank Bordon6 and Maciste 4%irk Morris6" Circe t3e sorceress" a talkin+ !i+" a minotaur" and 8ranco and Ciccio" a 3it
Italian comedF team.
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T3e Roman 3ordes 3ave overrun ancient 5ritain" takin+ slaves 7or t3eir !erverse !leasures...and onlF Blaucus" son o7 t3e
man-+od Hercules" can 3alt t3eir ram!a+e. 5ut can 3e deal Jit3 t3e Jiles o7 t3e sensuallF evil MessalinaS Ric3ard
Harrison" 'isa Bastoni star.
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&rsus" t3e son o7 Hercules" tries to save t3e Jorld )F )attlin+ 7ive +iants" survivin+ an eart3Ouake" rescuin+ t3e kin+Ws
!rincess and ski!!in+ out o7 !rison. $d 8urF !laFs t3e stron+man.
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T3ose lova)le knuckle3eads" Moe" 'arrF and CurlF @oe" journeF )ack to ancient Breece" J3ere t3eF )ecome !risoners on
a +alleF s3i!" 3ave a run-in Jit3 a !air o7 CFclo!ean )rot3ers and meet t3e 7amous stron+man. Co-stars Vicki Trickett"
Quinn Redeker. 1< min.
T(e T)r&0/ Of L).i& A%&i0s/ T(e S$0 Of Her+ules167>C3 VHS
HerculesW )ul+in+ )a)F )oF journeFs to t3e valleF o7 t3e Hermus river and tattoos t3e evil kin+ o7 'Fdia Jit3 3is )are 7ists.
Muscleman Bordon Scott and Massimo Serato star in t3is mFt3ic Italian adventure.
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T3ink t3e su!er-stron+ demi+od 4!laFed )F #an Vadis6 Jill 3ave no trou)le de7eatin+ Jicked sorceress Moira Or7ei and
3er creJ o7 +iant )ronze JarriorsS Kell" Zeus 3as stri!!ed Hercules o7 3is !oJers" and noJ itWll take a miracle 7or 3im to
live u! to t3e 7ilmWs titleR %2 9Hercules and t3e Ten ven+ers"9 9Hercules vs. t3e Biant Karriors.9 <> min.
T(e A.@e0/ures Of Her+ules 12$ur-Dis+ Se/3 4DVD5 DVD
Includes 9Hercules vs. t3e HFdra"9 9Hercules vs. t3e Moloc3"9 9Hercules vs. t3e Sons o7 t3e Sun"9 9'ion o7 T3e)es"9
9Medusa vs. t3e Son o7 Hercules"9 9T3e Trojan Horse9 and 9T3e Trium!3 o7 Hercules.9 StandardD Soundtrack2 $n+lis3
#ol)F #i+ital.
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T3rill to t3e eN!loits o7 t3e stron+est man in all o7 Breece as t3e mi+3tF Hercules )attles stran+e creatures" evil ma+icians
and even t3e +ods o7 OlFm!us to claim 3is ri+3t7ul 3erita+e in a cartoon sa+a. ;1 min.
Her+ules VHS
In order to save 3is 7amilF" t3e muscular 3ero o7 ncient Breece sets out on a Ouest to slaF t3e manF-3eaded monster
knoJn as t3e HFdra in t3is e!ic animated adventure. => min.
Her+ules VHS
T3e le+end o7 Hercules comes to li7e in t3is action-!acked animated !roduction. In t3is adventure" Hercules" t3e son o7
Zeus" must )attle t3e Nemean lionD Cer)erus" sentrF o7 t3e &nderJorldD t3e nine-3eaded HFdraD and a )ird Jit3 a steel
)eak Jit3 3is aJe-ins!irin+ stren+t3. ;= min.
Her+ules F Ge0&* T(e A0im&/e. M$@ie* T(e #&//le 2$r M$u0/ Ol)m'us1677<3 VHS
%evin Sor)o and 'ucF 'aJless )rin+ t3eir 3eroic alter e+os into t3e cartoon arena in t3is eNcitin+ 7eature-len+t3 adventure
t3at 7inds t3e Son o7 Zeus and t3e Karrior .rincess in action a+ainst a 3orde o7 ma+ical and monstrous menaces set u!on
t3em )F sc3emin+ Hera" J3o teams Jit3 t3e Titans to take over OlFm!us. <> min.
Her+ules F Ge0&* T(e A0im&/e. M$@ie* T(e #&//le 2$r M$u0/ Ol)m'us 1S'&0is( L&0%u&%e Versi$031677<3 VHS
#u))ed in S!anis3.
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%evin Sor)o and 'ucF 'aJless )rin+ t3eir 3eroic alter e+os into t3e cartoon arena in t3is eNcitin+ 7eature-len+t3 adventure
t3at 7inds t3e Son o7 Zeus and t3e Karrior .rincess in action a+ainst a 3orde o7 ma+ical and monstrous menaces set u!on
t3em )F sc3emin+ Hera" J3o teams Jit3 t3e Titans to take over OlFm!us. <> min. StandardD Soundtracks2 $n+lis3"
S!anis3" 8renc3D Su)titles2 $n+lis3" S!anis3" 8renc3D !roduction notesD )io+ra!3iesD 3i+3li+3tsD trailers.
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Turnin+ t3eir attention to t3e Breek mFt3s" t3e #isneF animators 3ave dressed u! t3e storF o7 t3e le+endarF stron+man
into a livelF and color7ul cartoon sa+a. Kill 7an adulation and merc3andise deals kee! 3eroic Hercules 7rom reclaimin+ 3is
OlFm!ian 3erita+e and savin+ 3is 7at3er" Zeus" and t3e ot3er +ods 7rom t3e sinister sc3emes o7 Hades" lord o7 t3e
underJorldS Tate #onovan" @ames Koods" #annF #eVito" Susan $+an" Ri! Torn and C3arlton Heston are amon+ t3e
voices. <H min. KidescreenD Soundtracks2 $n+lis3 =.0" 8renc3" S!anis3D 9makin+ o79 7eaturetteD music videoD scene
access.
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Her+ules 1S'&0is( L&0%u&%e Versi$031677<3 VHS
Turnin+ t3eir attention to t3e Breek mFt3s" t3e #isneF animators 3ave dressed u! t3e storF o7 t3e le+endarF stron+man
into a livelF and color7ul cartoon sa+a. Kill 7an adulation and merc3andise deals kee! 3eroic Hercules 7rom reclaimin+ 3is
OlFm!ian 3erita+e and savin+ 3is 7at3er" Zeus" and t3e ot3er +ods 7rom t3e sinister sc3emes o7 Hades" lord o7 t3e
underJorldS <H min. #u))ed in S!anis3.
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LouWve seen 3im as t3e 7ullF-+roJn 3ero o7 ancient Breece" )ut J3at Jas Hercules like as a 3eadstron+" su!er-stron+
teena+erS 8ind out 3oJ Herc learned to use 3is !oJers 7or +ood in t3is all-neJ" 7eature-len+t3 7olloJ-u! to #isneFWs 0<<P
animated 3it. Voices )F Tate #onovan and @ames Koods. P> min.
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8rom Breek mFt3olo+F to Italian muscleman e!ics" Hercules 3as alJaFs )een a 3ero Fou can count on. In t3ese animated
!ro+rams 7rom t3e earlF W?>s" 9Herc9 uses 3is )rain and )raJn to )attle t3e evil #aedalus and Kilamene" and is aided )F
t3e )eauti7ul Helena and a centaur named NeJton 49t3atWs me" t3atWs me96. $ac3 ta!e runs a)out ?> min.
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3ilarious reJorkin+ o7 tJo Steve Reeves classics" 9Hercules9 and 9Hercules &nc3ained"9 7eaturin+ neJ dialo+ue and
sound and overall +oo7iness. Set in :>:;" J3en tec3nolo+F 3as vanis3ed" t3e storF concerns TV eNercise s3oJ 3ost 5urt
BalaNF" J3o is t3e onlF !erson mi+3tF enou+3 to ca!ture a lost ener+F 7ormula Jritten on t3e )ack o7 a )at3 mat. ?1 min.
Zajedno s 8ass)inderom i Kendersom" Herzo+ je )io vode/i !redstavnik mlado+ njema(ko+ 7ilma sedamdeseti3. %ao
maloljetnik )io je zaoku!ljen 7ilmom do o!sjednutosti. No/u je radio u ,eljezari" *tedio novac i stvarao kratkometra,ne 7ilmove.
YHerakloZ i YI+ra u !ijeskuZ nastali 0<?:. i 0<?;. mladom Herzo+u 4M[nc3en" =. rujna 0<;:.6 donose vrlo a7irmativne kritike.
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Cudesni 7ilm. Blas !o!ut +lasa !rastare vje*tice evocira" kao narator" kozmi(ku mitolo+iju s )o+ovima" )or)ama" nastanku
,ivota i ljudi.