Evil king Praximedes convinces superhero Atlas to fight for him, but Atlas eventually sees the king's true nature and turns against him.Evil king Praximedes convinces superhero Atlas to fight for him, but Atlas eventually sees the king's true nature and turns against him.Evil king Praximedes convinces superhero Atlas to fight for him, but Atlas eventually sees the king's true nature and turns against him.
Thodoros Exarhos
- Prince Indros
- (as Christos Exarchos)
Sasa Dario
- Prima Ballerina
- (as Sascha Dario)
Roger Corman
- Greek Soldier
- (uncredited)
Charles B. Griffith
- Greek Soldier
- (uncredited)
Dick Miller
- Greek Soldier
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAlthough it is usually assumed that the somewhat skimpy battle scenes were due to director Roger Corman's legendary cheapness, Corman had actually arranged for the services of 500 soldiers from the local Greek army garrison. On the morning of filming, however, only about 50 showed up, and as the day wore on (and the heat intensified), some of them drifted away. In order to make it look like there were more "soldiers" than there actually were, Corman had them march in formation past the camera, then when out of camera range run around behind the crew and equipment, and march past the camera again. That is also why the battle scenes are filmed in close-up combat between individual soldiers or small groups of soldiers rather than in long shots of masses of battling infantry, as Corman had originally planned.
- Quotes
Proximates the Tyrant: Don't fence with me, wrestler. I can have your entrails on the sand at the snap of a finger.
Atlas: Start snapping.
Featured review
It'sa Roger Corman flick about how the hero spent his time while Heracles was holding up the heavens. I guess. Apparently he went to Greece and got involved with with a tyrant who liked to dress his soldiers in simply darling short red skirts with matching blouses.
Because it was shot by Corman, the actors speak English. This meant I couldn't amuse myself by noting how every actor sounded like Paul Frees when saying things that didn't match his mouth. I did think about the line from Airplane!, of Peter Graves asking the kid if he liked gladiator movies. Me, I don't. Oh, I like good ones. Ilike the stuff that Harryhausen did the stop-motion for because, while the actors in that average lousy, you still have something by Harryhausen to cheer you up. But like a genre means you like the lousy stuff too.
But not here. Story, eh. FIght choreography, lousy. Actors, didn't recognize any of them and the movie made clear why.
Because it was shot by Corman, the actors speak English. This meant I couldn't amuse myself by noting how every actor sounded like Paul Frees when saying things that didn't match his mouth. I did think about the line from Airplane!, of Peter Graves asking the kid if he liked gladiator movies. Me, I don't. Oh, I like good ones. Ilike the stuff that Harryhausen did the stop-motion for because, while the actors in that average lousy, you still have something by Harryhausen to cheer you up. But like a genre means you like the lousy stuff too.
But not here. Story, eh. FIght choreography, lousy. Actors, didn't recognize any of them and the movie made clear why.
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Atlas il trionfatore di Atene
- Filming locations
- Athens, Greece(Scene at the Parthenon and other antique monuments.)
- Production company
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Box office
- Budget
- $70,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 19 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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