Nonetheless, until today his image exists only in changing forms and in the traces of his labours. The absence of a fixed image of the god is his power. This film enters the cave of Hercules, interviews those who met him and tries to reconstruct a figure from fragments and finds: this is how it was, this is how it could have been, this is how it should be.
Icons & Media Art
44min
16+
DE
The story of Hercules is well-known: son of Zeus and Alcmene, hero and god, famous for his twelve labours.
Nonetheless, until today his image exists only in changing forms and in the traces of his labours. The absence of a fixed image of the god is his power. This film enters the cave of Hercules, interviews those who met him and tries to reconstruct a figure from fragments and finds: this is how it was, this is how it could have been, this is how it should be.