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5.9/10
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A retelling of the events leading to the use of the Trojan Horse, to bring down the great city of Troy.A retelling of the events leading to the use of the Trojan Horse, to bring down the great city of Troy.A retelling of the events leading to the use of the Trojan Horse, to bring down the great city of Troy.
Juliette Mayniel
- Creusa
- (as Juliette Majniel)
Edy Vessel
- Helen
- (as Hedy Vessel)
Lidia Alfonsi
- Cassandra
- (as Lydia Alfonsi)
Luciana Angiolillo
- Andromache
- (as Luciana Angelillo)
Giovanni Cianfriglia
- Diomedes
- (as Giovanni Cianfrilla)
Nello Pazzafini
- Guerriero acheo
- (as Giovanni Pazzofin)
Bianca Doria
- Ecuba
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaSubmitted to the British Board of Film Censors (as The Wooden Horse of Troy) by Grand National Pictures and passed with a "U" certificate on 24 April 1962. Opened in London on Sunday, 19 August 1962 at the Essoldo (Chelsea), the Odeon (Finchley) and the Gaumont (Islington), followed by a wide general release the following day. For light relief, Grand National selected She Knows Y' Know (1962) starring Hylda Baker as the supporting feature. When video came along in 1983, UK distributor Inter-Ocean Video released the film on VHS as The Trojan War.
- GoofsAt 0:39, during the opening narration, the horse on the left closest to the camera is clearly defecating.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Lion of Thebes (1964)
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Pretty Good Peplum Spectacle
I usually begin my reviews with a brief description of how the movie starts out. However, since this is about the Trojan War, beginning with the deaths of Hector & Patroclus, through to the Trojan Horse - you might be able to guess that from the titles in Italian and English - I'm going to suggest that you might read the ILIAD. There are some nice translations available.
Anyway, it's a pretty good Swords-and-Sandala flick, starring the inevitable Steve areeves as Aeneas, the pretty Juliette Mayniel as Helen and the unable-get-work John Drew Barrymore as Ulysses. Barrymore, the son of the better known John Barrymore, seems to have been a difficult man to work with, when he wasn't in jail for drugs or living in the desert.
Mostly one looks at these movies for the costuming, the sets and the homoerotic content, and they're all well represented here. I'd like to comment on the acting here, but there's always a big disconnect in the Italian peplum flicks, since they were shot in Italian, and later had voice-over artists loop their dialogue for the American releases. The English voice work is pretty good.
Anyway, it's a pretty good Swords-and-Sandala flick, starring the inevitable Steve areeves as Aeneas, the pretty Juliette Mayniel as Helen and the unable-get-work John Drew Barrymore as Ulysses. Barrymore, the son of the better known John Barrymore, seems to have been a difficult man to work with, when he wasn't in jail for drugs or living in the desert.
Mostly one looks at these movies for the costuming, the sets and the homoerotic content, and they're all well represented here. I'd like to comment on the acting here, but there's always a big disconnect in the Italian peplum flicks, since they were shot in Italian, and later had voice-over artists loop their dialogue for the American releases. The English voice work is pretty good.
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- Trojanski rat
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- Runtime1 hour 45 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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