Helen of Troy [Blu-ray]

Director: Robert Wise Robert Wise

Overview

This epic chronicles the story of the beautiful woman whose love affair was the catalyst to the Trojan War.

Product Details

Release Date:	07/25/2023
UPC:	0810134941601
Original Release:	1955
Rating:	NR
Language:	English
Time:	2:01:00
Sales rank:	12,119

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Jacques Sernas	Paris
Rossana Podesta	Helen of Troy
Cedric Hardwicke	Priam
Nora Swinburne	Hekuba
Stanley Baker	Achilles
Niall MacGinnis	Menelaus
Robert Douglas	Agamemnon
Torin Thatcher	Ulysses
Harry Andrews	Hector
Janette Scott	Cassandra
Ronald Lewis	Aeneas
Brigitte Bardot	Andraste
Eduardo Ciannelli	Andros
Marc Lawrence	Diomedes
Maxwell Reed	Ajax
Robert Brown	Polydorus
Barbara Cavan	Cora
Terence Longdon	Patroclus
Patricia Marmont	Andromache
Guido Notari	Nestor
Tonio Selwart	Adelphous
George Zoritch	Dancer
Esmond Knight	High Priest
Terence Labrosse	Patroclus
Max Steiner	Composer

Technical Credits

Hugh Gray

John Twist

N. Richard Nash

Max Steiner

Robert Wise	Director
Hugh Gray	Screenwriter
John Twist	Screenwriter,Screenwriter
N. Richard Nash	Screenwriter
Max Steiner	Screenwriter
Charles Lang	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

Lavishly appointed and filled with a cast of seeming thousands, Helen of Troy doesn't disappoint in the budget but does fall rather flat in the drama department. For those who enjoy scenes of hundreds of period-clad Greek warriors fighting with spears and shields and all manner of other ancient weaponry, Helen will not disappoint. But for those who demand an intelligent and literate screenplay, or a witty one, or even one which just captures one's interest and keeps one engaged, Helen is rough going. Turgid is the best word for the writing, followed by boring. Better epic films have been formed from such screenplays, of course, but director Robert Wise is not able to pull off that trick here. Wise frames his pictures beautifully, and he knows how to choreograph a fight scene, how to make sure the audience knows where to look and who to see. But in Helen, he doesn't use his dramatic sense to make all of this add up to something worth seeing, something worth following; as a result, Helen plods along. As the title character, Rossana Podesta is truly a stunner in the looks department; she is rather more pedestrian in the acting area. Ditto for Jacques Sernas. There is some good work from the supporting cast, but not enough.