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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. 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 and Venus try to return to Olympus but Jupiter sends Vulcan back to Earth to be with Etna.




Cast


Bella Cortez as Etna
Iloosh Khoshabe as Vulcan (billed as Rod Flash Ilush)
Roger Browne as Mars
Annie Gorassini as Venus
Furio Meniconi as Jupiter
Gordon Mitchell as Pluto
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.




References






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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