Thor And The Amazon Women (1963)

The Mighty Thor Against The Queen Of The Amazons (1963)

Summary (from Wikipedia) –

Thor and the Amazon Women is a 1963 Italian / Yugoslavian film. It also known as The Amazon Women, Women Gladiators, and The Mighty Thor Against The Queen Of The Amazons.

The film is a sword and sandal picture that features a civilization of women warriors ruled by the evil Black Queen who has subjugated the men in her land. Thor and his friend Ubaratutu live in a distant village with a young blonde woman named Tamar and her young brother Homolke. Tamar’s father was the king of a seaside village who had been killed several years earlier when the Black Queen’s Amazon warriors raided the village.

As a form of entertainment, the Black Queen enslaves captive women and forces them to fight each other. Women who refuse to fight are executed by the Evil Queen’s guards. Ghebel Gor, one of the enslaved women, tells the queen about Thor and his reputation as a strongman. Aware of a legend that a strongman may cause her downfall, the queen sends her amazon warriors to abduct Thor. They fail as Thor manages to escape their trap, but instead they capture Tamar and her brother. Subsequently, Tamar is sent to gladiator school and is trained to fight other women.

While Tamar trains, her brother manages to escape and returns home where he alerts both Thor and Ubaratutu and then brings them back to the queen’s village with the intent of freeing Tamar and the enslaved men.

The movie was filmed on location in the Postojna Caves in located Slovenia. The set appeared to be very cold since water vapor could be seen coming from the mouths of the actresses in many of the scenes. Despite the apparently cold termperatures, the female amazons were scantily dressed in all of the movie’s scenes.

Cast –

Susy Andersen as Tamar
Joe Robinson as Thor
Harry Baird as Ubaratutu
Janine Hendy as The Black Queen
Maria Fiore as Yamad
Alberto Cevenini as Siros
Tony Ante
Robert Baca
Anna Majurec
Claudia Capone as Agarit
Carla Foscari as Ghebel Gor

Credits –

Director – Antonio Leonviola
Producers – Ennio De Concini, Alfredo Guarini, & Livio Maffei
Written by Antonio Leonviola, Fabio Piccioni and Sofia Scandurra
Music – Roberto Nicolosi
Cinematography – Guglielmo Mancori
Editing – Renato Cinquini