Le pillole di Ercole
1960 film
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Le pillole di Ercole (The Pills of Hercules)[1] is a 1960 Italian comedy film directed by Luciano Salce. It was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.[2] The film revolves around "a sort of miraculous Viagra ante litteram [that] turns a meek newly-wed (Nino Manfredi) into a sex maniac."[3]
Maurice Hennequin (play Les Dragées d'Hercule)
Paul Bilhaud (play Les Dragées d'Hercule)
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| Directed by | Luciano Salce |
| Written by | Luciano Salce Maurice Hennequin (play Les Dragées d'Hercule) Paul Bilhaud (play Les Dragées d'Hercule) |
| Produced by | Dino De Laurentiis |
| Starring | Nino Manfredi |
| Cinematography | Erico Menczer |
| Edited by | Roberto Cinquini |
| Music by | Armando Trovajoli |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Cast
- Nino Manfredi as Dottor Pasqui
- Sylva Koscina as Silvia, Pasqui's wife
- Jeanne Valérie as Odette
- Vittorio De Sica as Piero Cuocolo
- Francis Blanche
- Piera Arico
- Nedo Azzini
- Gianni Bonagura
- Franco Bruno
- Maria Elisabetta Franco
- Annie Gorassini
- Mitchell Kowal
- Ignazio Leone
- Oreste Lionello as Gino
- Lina Tartara Minora (as Lina Minora)
- Andreina Pagnani as Giovanna
Censorship
When Le pillole di Ercole was first released in Italy in 1960 the Committee for the Theatrical Review of the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities rated it as VM16: not suitable for children under 16. In addition, the committee imposed the modification of the following scenes: 1) the scene in which Manfredi and Koscina hug each other on the bed will be shortened; 2) the scene in which Manfredi makes a house call to Valerie (reel 4); 3) the lines in which De Sica says "...I know, when I am with a woman..." until "...a hay barn" must be deleted.[4] Document N° 32710 signed on 3 September 1960[4] by Minister Renzo Helfer.
