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The Trojan Women

  • 19711971
  • GPGP
  • 1h 45m
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6.8/10
1.5K
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Katharine Hepburn, Vanessa Redgrave, Geneviève Bujold, and Irene Papas in The Trojan Women (1971)
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The women of Troy face enslavement after the fall of their city.The women of Troy face enslavement after the fall of their city.The women of Troy face enslavement after the fall of their city.
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    • Michael Cacoyannis
    • Euripides(play)
    • Edith Hamilton(English translation)
    • Michael Cacoyannis(scenario)
  • Stars
    • Katharine Hepburn
    • Vanessa Redgrave
    • Geneviève Bujold
    • Michael Cacoyannis
    • Euripides(play)
    • Edith Hamilton(English translation)
    • Michael Cacoyannis(scenario)
  • Stars
    • Katharine Hepburn
    • Vanessa Redgrave
    • Geneviève Bujold
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    • 24User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
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    Vanessa Redgrave in The Trojan Women (1971)
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    Brian Blessed and Geneviève Bujold in The Trojan Women (1971)
    Katharine Hepburn and Geneviève Bujold in The Trojan Women (1971)
    Patrick Magee and Irene Papas in The Trojan Women (1971)
    Katharine Hepburn in The Trojan Women (1971)
    Katharine Hepburn and Michael Cacoyannis in The Trojan Women (1971)
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    Katharine Hepburn, Vanessa Redgrave, Geneviève Bujold, and Irene Papas in The Trojan Women (1971)
    Katharine Hepburn, Vanessa Redgrave, Geneviève Bujold, and Irene Papas in The Trojan Women (1971)
    The Trojan Women (1971)
    Katharine Hepburn, Vanessa Redgrave, Geneviève Bujold, and Irene Papas in The Trojan Women (1971)

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    Katharine Hepburn
    Katharine Hepburn
    • Hecuba
    Vanessa Redgrave
    Vanessa Redgrave
    • Andromache
    Geneviève Bujold
    Geneviève Bujold
    • Cassandra
    Irene Papas
    Irene Papas
    • Helen
    Patrick Magee
    Patrick Magee
    • Menelaus
    Brian Blessed
    Brian Blessed
    • Talthybius
    Alberto Sanz
    • Astyanax
    Pauline Letts
    Pauline Letts
    • Woman
    Rosalind Shanks
    Rosalind Shanks
    • Woman
    Pat Beckett
    • Woman
    • (as Pat Becket)
    Anna Bentinck
    Anna Bentinck
    • Woman
    Elsie Pittas
    • Woman
    • (as Ersie Pittas)
    Esmeralda Adam García
    • Woman
    • (as Esmeralda Adam)
    Esperanza Alonso
    • Woman
    María García Alonso
    • Woman
    • (as Maria G. Alonso)
    C. Alvarez
    • Woman
    Nilda Álvarez
    • Woman
    • (as Nilda Alvarez)
    Adela Armengol
    • Woman
      • Michael Cacoyannis
      • Euripides(play)
      • Edith Hamilton(English translation)
      • Michael Cacoyannis(scenario)
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    • Trivia
      The Edith Hamilton translation of "The Trojan Women", which is used in this film, premiered on the Broadway stage in 1938. It was immediately acclaimed as being superior to the antiquated Gilbert Murray translation, which was the standard version used then.
    • Quotes

      Hecuba: [to Helen] Never make gods out fools to whitewash your own evil.

    • Alternate versions
      Portuguese version, "As Troianas", runs 109 minutes, with original soundtrack and Portuguese subtitles, as approved by the Government censorship.
    • Connections
      Featured in Katharine Hepburn: All About Me (1993)

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    Simply a superb rendition of Euripides
    This is a great version of Euripides' Trojan women. They got an all-star cast that truly does justice to the original play. The movie is done very much like the play, but this is quite a positive thing, it doesn't end up being some idiotic Keanu Reaves "Much Ado About Nothing".

    Katharine Hepburn gives her all as Hecuba, the Queen of the now destroyed Troy, and all of the other actresses give great renditions. Irene Pappas, the national actress of Greece, did a magnificent job as Helen, the woman who started it all. Brian Blessed played the messenger as only he could, and Vanessa Redgrave and Genevieve Bujold truly capture the pain and anguish of these women as they face their inevitable fate.

    The music, too, really did set the atmosphere, I could feel a chill up my spine when they played that otherwise simple melody. The costumes are suitably appropriate, and I'd love to know where they found that ancient-looking wall that is meant to represent Troy, it adds a nice touch.

    All in all, this is a movie that you have to see at least once in your life, your outlook on the horrors of war will never be the same.
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    • Feb 10, 2001

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    • Release date
      • January 19, 1972 (United Kingdom)
      • Greece
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Atienza, Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
    • Production company
      • Josef Shaftel Productions Inc.
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    • 1 hour 45 minutes
      • Mono

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