Vulcan, Son of Giove

Vulcan, Son of Giove
Vulcan, Son of Giove
	Film poster
Directed by	Emimmo Salvi
Written by	Benito Ilforte (screenplay); Ambrogio Molteni (screenplay); Emimmo Salvi (screenplay); Emimmo Salvi (story); Gino Stafford (screenplay)
Produced by	Spartaco Antonucci (producer); Manouchehr Zamani (associate producer Iran); Decio Salvi (executive producer)
Starring	See below
Cinematography	Mario Parapetti
Edited by	Otello Colangeli
Music by	Marcello Giombini
Release date	1962
Running time	80 minutes (Italy); 76 minutes (USA); 78 minutes (West Germany)
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Vulcan, Son of Giove (Vulcano, figlio di Giove) is a 1962 Italian fantasy-adventure film directed and co-written by Emimmo Salvi in his directorial debut. At the time of his death in 1989 he was preparing a film on Zeus.^[1] The film is also known as Vulcan Son of Jupiter (American TV title). The film was partly shot in Iran.

Plot summary

Following a dispute between Jupiter and Mars the latter ascends to Earth. Together with Venus he instructs the Thracians how to erect a castle which is supposed to become more beautiful than Mount Olympus. Jupiter assigns Vulcan and Etna to find Mars. Eventually the Thracians capture Etna and torture her. Vulcan saves her life and incites the slaves of the Thracians into an uprising. Mars und Venus try to return to Olympus but Jupiter sends Vulcan back to Earth to be with Etna.

Cast

Iloosh Khoshabe as Vulcan (billed as Rod Flash)
Gordon Mitchell as Pluto
Bella Cortez as Etna
Roger Browne as Mars
Annie Gorassini as Venus
Furio Meniconi as Jupiter
Omero Gargano as Neptune
Isarco Ravaioli as Mercurius
Liliana Zagra as Nymph
Salvatore Furnari as Geo the midget
Ugo Sabetta as Milos, King of the Thracians
Edda Ferronao as Erida, Goddess of Hate
Yonne Scirè as Juno - Jupiter's Wife
Amedeo Trilli
Paolo Pieri

Reception

The film's romantic scenes have been dismissed as lacking chemistry.^[2]

References

^ Prickette, James Actors of the Spaghetti Westerns Xlibris Corporation, 20 Jan 2012^{[self-published source]}
^ Hughes, p.19

Biography

Hughes, Howard (2011). Cinema Italiano - The Complete Guide From Classics To Cult. London - New York: I.B.Tauris. ISBN 978-1-84885-608-0.

External links

Vulcan, Son of Giove at IMDb
Vulcan, Son of Giove is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive

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[1] Prickette, James Actors of the Spaghetti Westerns Xlibris Corporation, 20 Jan 2012^{[self-published source]}

[2] Hughes, p.19

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