Directed by:
Robert WiseCinematography:
Harry Stradling Sr.Composer:
Max SteinerCast:
Rossana Podestà, Jacques Sernas, Cedric Hardwicke, Stanley Baker, Niall MacGinnis, Robert Douglas, Torin Thatcher, Harry Andrews, Janette Scott, Ronald Lewis (more)VOD (1)
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A lavishly filmed epic about the Trojan War based on Homer's ILIAD, Robert Wise's HELEN OF TROY depicts the tale of the famed Helen (Rossana Podesta), the woman responsible for the battle. Young Trojan prince Paris (Jacques Sernas) journeys to Sparta, hoping to bring home a peace treaty that will end the war between Greece and Troy. However, his ship is forced to return to Troy in a storm after he has been swept overboard. Washing up on Sparta's shore, he is found by the beautiful Helen, with whom he falls head-over-heels in love, completely unaware that she is the queen of Sparta. At the palace he finds Greek king and Helen's husband Menelaus (Niall MacGinnis), Agamemnon (Robert Douglas), Ulysses (Torin Thatcher), Achilles (Stanley Baker), and others debating whether to go to war with Troy. Menelaus sees that Helen and Paris are in love and, pretending friendship, plots Paris's death. Paris flees back to Troy, taking Helen with him. Paris's action, however, makes matters even worse. The Greeks, who have been feuding among themselves, now unite and set off to attack Troy, devising a unique plan to get inside. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Rossana Podestà](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/776/157776604_97db3c.jpg)
Rossana Podestà
Libya
Best movies:
Sunday Lovers (1980)
Helen of Troy (1956)
The Last Days of Sodom and Gomorrah (1962)
![Jacques Sernas](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270669_6c720c.jpg)
Jacques Sernas
Best movies:
Pope John XXIII (2002) (TV movie)
La dolce vita (1960)
The Dirty Game (1965)
![Cedric Hardwicke](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/621/162621796_89038e.jpg)
Cedric Hardwicke
UK
Best movies:
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
Rope (1948)
Richard III (1955)
![Stanley Baker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/494/494635_bb05f3.jpg)
Stanley Baker
UK
Best movies:
Richard III (1955)
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951)
Yesterday's Enemy (1959)
![Niall MacGinnis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/097/319/97319071_772829.jpg)
Niall MacGinnis
Ireland
Best movies:
Hamlet (1948)
Lust for Life (1956)
Becket (1964)
![Robert Douglas](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/507/507427_f9825f.jpg)
Robert Douglas
UK
Best movies:
The Young Philadelphians (1959)
Adventures of Don Juan (1948)
Columbo (1971) (series)
![Torin Thatcher](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000198_537415.jpg)
Torin Thatcher
Best movies:
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Great Expectations (1946)
Band of Angels (1957)
![Harry Andrews](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/653/164653269_647743.jpg)
Harry Andrews
UK
Best movies:
The Hill (1965)
The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
The Medusa Touch (1978)
![Janette Scott](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/421/421424_cbba06.jpg)
Janette Scott
UK
Best movies:
The Devil's Disciple (1959)
The Magic Box (1951)
School for Scoundrels (1960)
![Ronald Lewis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/776/157776635_e8b345.jpg)
Ronald Lewis
UK
Best movies:
Taste of Fear (1961)
Billy Budd (1962)
Friends (1971)
![Brigitte Bardot](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/190/164190367_1be1f6.jpg)
Brigitte Bardot
France
Best movies:
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) - a.f.
Agent 38-24-36 (1964)
![Eduardo Ciannelli](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/194/160194012_85a737.jpg)
Eduardo Ciannelli
Italy
Best movies:
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
Gilda (1946)
The Chase (1966)
![Esmond Knight](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505321_153cd2.jpg)
Esmond Knight
UK
Best movies:
The Red Shoes (1948)
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
Hamlet (1948)
![Marc Lawrence](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/307/158307407_74857d.gif)
Marc Lawrence
USA
Best movies:
Vacation with a Gangster (1954)
Marathon Man (1976)
Desire (1936)
![Maxwell Reed](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/579/160579894_7844f9.jpg)
Maxwell Reed
Ireland
Best movies:
The Notorious Landlady (1962)
Sea Devils (1953)
Helen of Troy (1956)
Terence Longdon
UK
Best movies:
Ben-Hur (1959)
Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003) (TV movie)
The Man Who Never Was (1956)
![Nora Swinburne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/739/159739552_9438f3.jpg)
Nora Swinburne
UK
Best movies:
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
Quo Vadis (1951)
The Citadel (1938)
![Robert Brown](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/908/160908784_d2b2f0.gif)
Robert Brown
UK
Best movies:
Ben-Hur (1959)
The Third Man (1949)
Jesus of Nazareth (1977) (TV movie)
Maria Zanoli
Italy
Best movies:
Quo Vadis (1951)
Le Notti Bianche (1957)
War and Peace (1956)
![Patricia Marmont](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/610/161610280_095d56.jpg)
Patricia Marmont
USA
Best movies:
Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
I Was a Male War Bride (1949)
Helen of Troy (1956)