The Giants of Thessaly

The Giants of Thessaly
Directed byRiccardo Freda
Screenplay by
Produced byVirgilio De Blasi[2]
Starring
Cinematography
Edited byOtello Colangeli[2]
Music byCarlo Rustichelli[1]
Production
companies
  • Alexandra Produzioni Cinematografiche
  • Lyres Societé Cinématographique[2]
Distributed byFilmar
Release date
  • 6 December 1960 (1960-12-06) (Italy)
Running time
87 minutes[1]
Countries
  • Italy
  • France[1]
Box office₤408 million

The Giants of Thessaly (Italian: I giganti della Tessaglia (Gli Argonauti), French: Le Géant de Thessalie, released in the UK as Jason and the Golden Fleece) is a 1960 Italian-French adventure-fantasy film directed by Riccardo Freda. It is loosely based on the epic poem Argonautica by Apollonius Rhodius.[3]

  1. ^ a b c d e Curti 2017, p. 315.
  2. ^ a b c Curti 2017, p. 316.
  3. ^ Roberto Poppi, Mario Pecorari. Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 2007. ISBN 8884405033.