The Trojan Horse (1961)
"La guerra di Troia" (original title)

Director:

Giorgio Ferroni

Writers:

Giorgio Ferroni, Ugo Liberatore,

Stars:

Steve Reeves, Juliette Mayniel, John Drew Barrymore

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Steve Reeves	...	Aeneas
Juliette Mayniel	...	Creusa
John Drew Barrymore	...	Ulysses
Edy Vessel	...	Helen (as Hedy Vessel)
Lidia Alfonsi	...	Cassandra
Warner Bentivegna	...	Paris
Luciana Angiolillo	...	Andromache
Arturo Dominici	...	Achilles
Mimmo Palmara	...	Ajax
Nerio Bernardi	...	Agamemnon
Nando Tamberlani	...	Menelaus
Carlo Tamberlani	...	Priam
Giancarlo Bastianoni
Giovanni Cianfriglia	...	(as Giovanni Cianfrilla)
Luigi Ciavarro

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

hero | violence | based on greek myth | evil man | sword | 

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Taglines:

The World's Mightiest Man In The Mightiest Spectacle Ever Filmed.

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama | History | War

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Details

Country:

Italy France Yugoslavia

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

July 1962 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Trojan Horse

Filming Locations:

Centralni Filmski Studio Kosutnjak, Belgrade, Serbia

Company Credits

Production Co:

Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale Cinématographique (CICC), Europa Cinematografica, Les Films Modernes (I)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Followed by The Avenger (1962)

User Reviews

Every horse has an opinion

As the movie begins, a small group of Trojans (or is it the Greeks) on horseback stand facing towards their beloved Troy (or maybe its Athens). As the epic story is introduced in a voiceover, I watched curiously as one of the horses raised his tail in an arc and then casually "took a dump" one might say. A comment on the upcoming tale or performance? Actually, the horse was rather too severe in his prejudgements. As "sword and sandal" epics go, this one was not too bad. Steve Reeves looked chiseled and handsome, most of the sets and costumes were convincing, and there were some beautiful horses and chariots, although way too many battle scenes, shot long range so it was mostly a blur and a lot of shouting in Italian or something. Not a bad way to brush up on your Homeric history though, with the whole cast of characters from Helen to Casandra, Ulysees to Archilles (who got killed by an arrow shot in the "you know where").