Le pillole di Ercole | |
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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 |
Release date |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
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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. [2] Document N° 32710 signed on 3 September 1960 [2] by Minister Renzo Helfer.
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