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Helen of Troy (1956) Movie


Helen of Troy

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Ratings/Votes
6.0/10 (808 Votes)

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Release Date
(Australia) - 26 January 1956
(Finland) - 26 January 1956
(Sweden) - 26 January 1956
(Turkey) - 26 January 1956
(UK) - 26 January 1956

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Running Time
Germany:111 (theatrical version) Germany:116 (with overture and exit music) USA:118 UK:116 (uncut) UK:114 (cut)

Tagline
Its towering wonders span the age of titans!

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Cast of Helen of Troy

  1. Andrews, Harry as [Hector] <9>
  2. Baker, Stanley (I) as [Achilles] <4>
  3. Brown, Robert (I) as [Polydorus] <16>
  4. Ciannelli, Eduardo as [Andros] <13>
  5. Douglas, Robert (I) as [Agamemnon] <7>
  6. Hardwicke, Cedric as (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke) [Priam] <3>
  7. Knight, Esmond as [High Priest] <23>
  8. Lawrence, Marc (I) as [Diomedes] <14>
  9. Lewis, Ronald (I) as [Aeneas] <11>
  10. Longdon, Terence as [Patroclus] <18>
  11. MacGinnis, Niall as [Menelaus] <5>
  12. Notari, Guido (I) as [Nestor] <20>
  13. Reed, Maxwell (I) as [Ajax] <15>
  14. Selwart, Tonio as [Alpheus] <21>
  15. Sernas, Jacques as (as Jack Sernas) [Paris] <2>
  16. Thatcher, Torin as [Ulysses] <8>
  17. Zoritch, George as [Dancer] <22>
  18. Bardot, Brigitte as [Andraste] <12>
  19. Cavan, Barbara as [Cora] <17>
  20. Marmont, Patricia as [Andromache] <19>
  21. Podestà, Rossana as (as Rossana Podesta) [Helen] <1>
  22. Scott, Janette as [Cassandra] <10>
  23. Swinburne, Nora as [Hecuba] <6>

    24. All Cast

Genres in Helen of Troy

  1. Adventure
  2. Action
  3. Drama
  4. Romance
  5. War

Plot of Helen of Troy

Prince Paris of Troy, shipwrecked on a mission to the king of Sparta, meets and falls for Queen Helen before he knows who she is. Rudely received by the royal Greeks, he must flee...but fate and Full Plot >>

Business of Helen of Troy

2,397,000 (France) COPYRIGHT MCMLV BY WARNER BROS. PICTURES INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Warner Brothers Pictures, Inc. (original), U.S. Copyright LP7778, 11 February 1956, (onscreen notice date, 1955, is incorrect)

Certificate of Helen of Troy

12 (West Germany)(nf)
15 (South Korea)
Approved (USA)(certificate #16968)
U (UK)(video rating) (2004)
G (Australia)
K-16 (Finland)
15 (Sweden)
U (UK)(original rating) (passed with cuts)

Composers of music of Helen of Troy

  1. Steiner, Max (I)

Cinematographers of Helen of Troy

  1. Stradling Sr., Harry (director of photography) (as Harry Stradling)

Costume Designers of Helen of Troy

  1. Furse, Roger K. (as Roger Furse)

Distributors of Helen of Troy

Warner Bros. Pictures [us] - (1956) (USA) (theatrical)
Warner Bros. [de] - (1956) (West Germany) (theatrical)
Warner Home Video [us] - (1996) (USA) (VHS)
Warner Home Video [us] - (2004) (USA) (DVD)
Living Colour Entertainment [nl] - (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Editors of Helen of Troy

  1. Reilly, Thomas (I)

Misc of Helen of Troy

  1. Medin, Harriet (dialogue coach) (uncredited)
  2. Obolensky, Madi (bacchanal choreographer)
  3. Zuberano, Maurice (continuity sketches)

Quotes of Helen of Troy

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Trivia of Helen of Troy

- 'Peter van Eyck' (qv) was considered for a role in this film

- The studio badly wanted 'Stanley Baker (I)' (qv) to be in this film and they didn't care which part.

- 'Niall MacGinnis' (qv) was only cast as Menelaus after the production team failed to secure a big name British actor.

- Average Shot Length (ASL) = 6 seconds, very fast for an early CinemaScope film.

- When Niall MacGinnis was first cast he and the production team had no idea what part he would end up playing.

- Eilen Moore and Ann Gunning were screen tested for Helen.

- Yvonne Furneaux was suggested for Andraste.

- Among those interviewed for parts were Barbara Leake and Gabriel Woolf.

- Esmond Knight who plays the High Priest was also Jacques Sernas's English Coach.

- 'Harry Andrews' (qv) nearly lost his part in this film when his previous film, _The Man Who Loved Redheads (1955)_ (qv) went over scheduled filming duration.

- Noted British actor 'Edmund Purdom' (qv) overdubbed in English the lines of French-Lithuanian actor 'Jacques Sernas' (qv) on the soundtrack of this film, due to Sernas not having a firm English-speaking voice. Sernas at that point in his career was learning English but had Full Trivia >>