Helen of Troy (film)
1956 epic historical drama film directed by Robert Wise / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Helen of Troy is a 1956 Warner Bros. WarnerColor epic historical drama film in CinemaScope, based on Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. It was directed by Robert Wise, from a screenplay by Hugh Gray and John Twist, adapted by Hugh Gray and N. Richard Nash. The music score was by Max Steiner and the cinematography by Harry Stradling Sr.
Helen of Troy | |
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Directed by | Robert Wise |
Written by | Hugh Gray N. Richard Nash John Twist |
Starring | Rossana Podestà Jacques Sernas Sir Cedric Hardwicke Stanley Baker Niall MacGinnis |
Narrated by | Jack Sernas |
Cinematography | Harry Stradling |
Edited by | Thomas Reilly |
Music by | Max Steiner |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 118 minutes (US version) |
Countries | United States Italy France |
Language | English |
Budget | $6 million[1] |
Box office | $3.2 million (US)[2] 2,397,769 admissions (France)[3] |
The film stars Rossana Podestà, Stanley Baker, Sir Cedric Hardwicke and Jacques Sernas, with Niall MacGinnis, Maxwell Reed, Nora Swinburne, Robert Douglas, Torin Thatcher, Harry Andrews, Janette Scott, Ronald Lewis, Eduardo Ciannelli, Esmond Knight and a young Brigitte Bardot as Andraste, Helen's handmaiden, her first film production shot outside France.[4]