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Actors: Jacques Sernas, Rossana Podestà, Cedric Hardwicke, Stanley Baker, Nora Swinburne, Harry Andrews, Brigitte Bardot
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Helen of Troy |
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Based on Homer's The Iliad, HELEN OF TROY is a movie directed by Robert Wise in 1956.
Thirty centuries ago, Troy, on the Turkish coast, was a flourishing city envied by the Greek kingdoms. Pâris, one of the sons of the Troyan King Priam, would like to offer peace to the Greeks and sails to Sparta. There, he falls for Helen, King Menelaus's wife, whom he encounters on the Greek shores. Menelaus who notices his wife's love for Pâris tries to capture the Troyan emissary who manages to escape with Helen.
The Greek Kings use this excuse to unite their forces and sail to Troy for a war that will last 10 years. When the best Greek warrior, Achilles, is killed by Pâris after Hector's death in front of the fortifications of Troy, the cunning Ulysses decides to use an artifice to defeat the Troyans.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Helen of Troy |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 50%
Time/Era of Movie:
- ancient greece
War Thriller
Yes
Armed Forces:
- Army
Romance
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- Prince/Nobleman/King
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Turkish
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) long straight
Body type
- ample bosom & buttocks (woman)
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Greek
Main Adversary
Identity:
- enemy army
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Greek
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Greece
- Turkey
Water?
Yes
Water:
- warship
City?
Yes
City:
- wealthy
Misc setting
- fort/military installation
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- depressed/sad
How many deaths in film?
- hundreds
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 (None)
Kind of violence:
- swords
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--swords/knives
Any profanity?
- None
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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