Even though this film by Giorgio FERRONI is loosely based on the ancient Greek tragedy "The Bacchae" by Euripides, that didn't do the rather unsuccessful film any good.
A year before his worldwide success with the West German Karl May film adaptation "Treasure in the Silver Lake", the French actor Pierre BRICE played Dionysus here, who has to fight his way through a rather lame plot. Certainly not a masterpiece of the Italian sword and sandal film!
It is tragic that the young Italian actor Raf MATTIOLI (1936-1960), who plays Lakdamos, died unexpectedly of a heart attack on the eve of a preview in Rome.
A year before his worldwide success with the West German Karl May film adaptation "Treasure in the Silver Lake", the French actor Pierre BRICE played Dionysus here, who has to fight his way through a rather lame plot. Certainly not a masterpiece of the Italian sword and sandal film!
It is tragic that the young Italian actor Raf MATTIOLI (1936-1960), who plays Lakdamos, died unexpectedly of a heart attack on the eve of a preview in Rome.