Vulcan, Son of Giove

Story byEmimmo SalviProduced bySpartaco AntonucciStarringCinematographyMario ParapettiEdited byOtello ColangeliMusic byMarcello Giombini80 minutes (Italy)
76 minutes (USA)
78 minutes (West Germany)CountryItalyLanguageItalian

Vulcan, Son of Giove (Vulcano, figlio di Giove) is a 1962 Italian fantasy-adventure film directed and co-written by Emimmo Salvi in his directorial debut. At the time of his death in 1989 he was preparing a film on Zeus.^{[1][self-published source]} The film is also known as Vulcan, Son of Jupiter (American TV title). The film was partly shot in Iran.

Following a dispute between Jupiter and Mars the latter ascends to Earth. Together with Venus he instructs the Thracians how to erect a castle which is supposed to become more beautiful than Mount Olympus. Jupiter assigns Vulcan and Etna to find Mars. Eventually the Thracians capture Etna and torture her. Vulcan saves her life and incites the slaves of the Thracians into an uprising. Mars and Venus try to return to Olympus but Jupiter sends Vulcan back to Earth to be with Etna.

• Bella Cortez as Etna
• Iloosh Khoshabe as Vulcan (billed as Rod Flash Ilush)
• Roger Browne as Mars
• Annie Gorassini as Venus
• Furio Meniconi as Jupiter
• Gordon Mitchell as Pluto
• Omero Gargano as Neptune
• Isarco Ravaioli as Mercurius
• Liliana Zagra as Nymph
• Salvatore Furnari as Geo the midget
• Ugo Sabetta as Milos, King of the Thracians
• Edda Ferronao as Erida, Goddess of Hate
• Yonne Scirè as Juno - Jupiter's Wife
• Amedeo Trilli
• Paolo Pieri

The film's romantic scenes have been dismissed as lacking chemistry.^[2]

• Hughes, Howard (2011). Cinema Italiano - The Complete Guide From Classics To Cult. London - New York: I.B.Tauris. ISBN 978-1-84885-608-0.

• Vulcan, Son of Giove at IMDb
• Vulcan, Son of Giove is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive