The Trojan Horse (film)

The Trojan Horse
The Trojan Horse
Directed by	Giorgio Ferroni
Screenplay by	Giorgio Ferroni; Ugo Liberatore; Giorgio Stegani; Federico Zardi;
Produced by	Giampaolo Bigazzi
Starring	Steve Reeves; Juliette Mayniel; John Drew Barrymore; Edy Vessel;
Cinematography	Reno Filippini
Edited by	Antonietta Zita
Music by	Mario Amonini; Giovanni Fusco;
Production; companies	Europa Cinematografica; Compangnie Inustrielle Commerciale Cinematographique; Les Films Modernes; Lovcen Film;
Distributed by	Variety Distribution
Release date	26 October 1961 (Italy);
Running time	115 minutes
Countries	Italy; France; Yugoslavia;
Language	Italian

The Trojan Horse (Italian: La guerra di Troia) is a 1961 Italian peplum film set in the tenth and final year of the Trojan War. The film focuses primarily on the exploits of the Trojan hero Aeneas during this time. The film was directed by Giorgio Ferroni and stars Steve Reeves as Aeneas and John Drew Barrymore as Odysseus.

In 2004 it was restored and shown as part of the retrospective "Storia Segreta del Cinema Italiano: Italian Kings of the Bs" at the 61st Venice International Film Festival.^[2]

Cast

Steve Reeves as Aeneas
Juliette Mayniel as Creusa
John Drew Barrymore as Odysseus
Edy Vessel as Helen
Lidia Alfonsi as Cassandra
Warner Bentivegna as Paris
Luciana Angiolillo as Andromache
Arturo Dominici as Achilles
Mimmo Palmara as Ajax
Nerio Bernardi as Agamemnon
Nando Tamberlani as Menelaus
Carlo Tamberlani as Priam
Giancarlo Bastianoni as Acate
Giovanni Cianfriglia as Diomedes
Luigi Ciavarro
Giulio Maculani as Sinone
Nello Pazzafini as Achaean warrior
Bianca Doria as Ecuba (uncredited)
Andrej Gardenin as Fencer (uncredited)
Nando Gazzolo as Narrator (uncredited)
Nino Marchetti as Member of the council of elders (uncredited)
Benito Stefanelli as Ulysses Right-hand Man (uncredited)

Production

The battle scenes were shot in Yugoslavia.^[3]

Release

The Trojan Horse was released in Italy on 26 October 1961 with a 115-minute running time.^[1] It was released in July 1962 in the United States with a 105-minute running time.^[1]

Footnotes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 179.
^ Simone Pinchiorri. "Mostra di Venezia 2008: "Storia Segreta del Cinema Italiano: Italian Kings of the Bs"". La Repubblica. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
^ Hughes 2011, p. 51.

References

Hughes, Howard (2011). Cinema Italiano - The Complete Guide From Classics To Cult. London - New York: I.B.Tauris. ISBN 978-1-84885-608-0.
Kinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (2017). Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476662916.

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[FOOTNOTEKinnardCrnkovich2017179-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 179.

[2] Simone Pinchiorri. "Mostra di Venezia 2008: "Storia Segreta del Cinema Italiano: Italian Kings of the Bs"". La Repubblica. Retrieved 18 December 2013.

[FOOTNOTEHughes201151-3] Hughes 2011, p. 51.

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