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The Trojan Women (1971)
Directed by Mihalis Kakogiannis
“The strength of mankind has always been its women.”
Drama · 1h 45m
In the aftermath of the Trojan Wars, Queen Hecuba takes stock of the defeated kingdom. Her son has been killed, and his widow, Andromache, is left to raise their son, Astyanax, alone. Hecuba's daughter, Cassandra, fears being enslaved by her Greek masters, while Helen of Troy risks being executed. Astyanax also becomes the focus of the Greeks' attention as the last male heir of the Trojan royal family.
Cast
Katharine Hepburn
Hecuba
Vanessa Redgrave
Andromache
Geneviève Bujold
Cassandra
Irene Papas
Helen
Patrick Magee
Menelaus
Brian Blessed
Talthybius
A
Alberto Sanz
Astyanax
P
Pauline Letts
Woman
R
Rosalind Shanks
Woman
P
Pat Beckett
Woman (as Pat Becket)
A
Anna Bentinck
Woman
E
Elsie Pittas
Woman (as Ersie Pittas)
Crew
- Director
- Mihalis Kakogiannis
- Screenplay
- Mihalis Kakogiannis
- Writer
- Edith Hamilton
- Director of Photography
- Alfio Contini
- Original Music Composer
- Míkis Theodorakis
- Editor
- Mihalis Kakogiannis
- Producer
- Mihalis Kakogiannis, Anis Nohra
Details
- Release date
- 1971-05-01
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- Greece, United Kingdom, United States of America
- Production
- Josef Shaftel Productions