Plot
A Greek military hero named Darios visits his uncle in Rhodes in the year 280 BC. Rhodes has just finished constructing an enormous colossus of Apollo to guard its harbor and is planning an alliance with Phoenicia which would be hostile to Greece. Darios flirts with the beautiful Diala, daughter of the statue's mastermind, while becoming involved with a group of rebels headed by Peliocles. These rebels seek to overthrow the tyrannical King Serse as does Serse's evil second-in-command, Thar. The rebels' revolt seems to fail, with Peliocles and his men being captured and forced to provide amusement in the local arena, but an earthquake eventually upsets, not only the Colossus in the harbor, but the balance of power in Rhodes as well.
Written by
Ennio De Concini, Sergio Leone, Cesare Seccia
Directed by
Sergio Leone
Crew
Production Countries
Spain, Italy, France
Production Companies
Comptoir Français de Productions Cinématographiques (CFPC), CTI (Cinema Television International), Cineproduzioni Associate, Procusa, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Produzioni Atlas Consorziate
Languages
Italiano
Awards
N/A