Helen of Troy (1956)
Genre: Adventure / War
Duration: 118 minuten
Alternative title: Helena van Troje
Country:
United States
Directed by: Robert Wise
Stars: Rossana Podestà, Jacques Sernas and Cedric Hardwicke
IMDb score:
6,1 (3.062)
Releasedate: 26 January 1956
Helen of Troy plot
"Its towering wonders span the age of titans!"
When Prince Paris falls in love with the Greek queen Helena, he takes her to Troy with the permission of the goddess Hera. For the Greeks, who already had plans for an attack on Troy, this is exactly the argument they needed to start a war definitively.
Actors and actresses
Helen
Paris
Priam
Achilles
Menelaus
Hecuba
Agamemnon
Ulysses
Hector
Cassandra
Reviews & comments
clubsport
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- 4214 messages
- 7192 votes
Beautifully constructed epic that could have lasted a bit longer, everything is in it, a beautiful love story, large-scale scenes with many extras, lots of drama and this time no happy ending because of course everyone knows the story.
Brat pit didn't do badly in the remake but I still prefer this older version .
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blurp194
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- 5886 messages
- 4419 votes
BB #13
An epic film with a civilized-epic running time of two hours (well, if you count the 'overture'). How much of that is BB on screen? Maybe a minute.
Aside from that, it really isn't my kind of movie. Too many fabrications and free interpretations in the script, which is otherwise told in an unprecedentedly boring and uninteresting manner. Not a single actor stands out with a remarkable performance or plays a decent character. The only thing that works occasionally are the hilarious antics of some nameless extras in a corner of the screen—for example, during the looting and pillaging of the neighboring villages, where a theatrically flailing lady is carried away overhead.
But what is really wrong is the music. Seriously, what a disaster that is. Nails on a chalkboard. Even then, those 110 minutes of effective playing time are still epically long.
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james_cameron
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- 7292 messages
- 10012 votes
A grandly conceived but rather uneven historical spectacle, with a particularly dull first hour. After that, there is plenty to enjoy, although the film is nowhere truly impressive or compelling. The characters lack charisma and the events are too tame for that. It was nice, by the way, to see a very young Brigitte Bardot in an entertaining cameo role.
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