The_Trojan_Horse_(film)

<i>The Trojan Horse</i> (film)

The Trojan Horse (film)

1961 film directedby Giorgio Ferroni

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.

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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

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]

See also

Footnotes

  1. [1]
    Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 179.
  2. [2]
    Simone Pinchiorri. "Mostra di Venezia 2008: "Storia Segreta del Cinema Italiano: Italian Kings of the Bs"". La Repubblica. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  3. [3]
    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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