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Helen of Troy

  • TV Mini Series
  • 2003
  • 2h 55m
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6.2/10
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Rufus Sewell, Sienna Guillory, and Matthew Marsden in Helen of Troy (2003)
Helen Of Troy
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The abduction of beautiful Helen, wife of Spartan King Menelaus, by Paris of Troy triggers a long war.The abduction of beautiful Helen, wife of Spartan King Menelaus, by Paris of Troy triggers a long war.The abduction of beautiful Helen, wife of Spartan King Menelaus, by Paris of Troy triggers a long war.

  • Stars
    • Emilia Fox
    • James Callis
    • Daniel Lapaine
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.2/10
    6.6K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    4,976
    1,132
    • Stars
      • Emilia Fox
      • James Callis
      • Daniel Lapaine
    • 173User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 1 win & 7 nominations total

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    Emilia Fox
    Emilia Fox
    • Cassandra, Princess of Troy
    James Callis
    James Callis
    • Menelaus…
    Daniel Lapaine
    Daniel Lapaine
    • Hector
    Nigel Whitmey
    Nigel Whitmey
    • Odysseus
    Stellan Skarsgård
    Stellan Skarsgård
    • Theseus
    Joe Montana
    Joe Montana
    • Achilles
    Katie Blake
    Katie Blake
    • Clytemnestra
    Craig Kelly
    Craig Kelly
    • Pollux
    Manuel Cauchi
    Manuel Cauchi
    • Paris' Father
    Kristina Paris
    • Iphigenia
    Mat Fraser
    Mat Fraser
    • Calchas
    Maryam d'Abo
    Maryam d'Abo
    • Queen Hecuba
    Rufus Sewell
    Rufus Sewell
    • Agamemnon
    Sienna Guillory
    Sienna Guillory
    • Helen
    John Rhys-Davies
    John Rhys-Davies
    • King Priam of Troy
    Matthew Marsden
    Matthew Marsden
    • Paris
    Edward Mercieca
    Edward Mercieca
    • Atreus
    Harry Borg
    Harry Borg
    • Greek King #1
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    • Trivia
      This adaptation changes several aspects of the original legend of Helen. The gods play almost no role in the characters' lives, Helen is not shown to have any children and it's not explained how Cassandra supposedly got her powers. Instead, the series plays the story like a brutal historical event with little supernatural elements.
    • Goofs
      It is mentioned three times that Troy is the gateway to the riches of Byzantium. The city of Byzantium was founded in 667BC five centuries after the Trojan War.
    • Quotes

      Paris: The Greeks have other ideas.

      Guard: What sort of ideas?

      Paris: Like, cut of our heads, put them on pikes, let birds eat our eyes... that sort of thing.

    • Connections
      Referenced in In Praise of Action (2018)

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    There's a difference between myth and literature
    As a big fan of mythology and the Iliad, I'm pretty surprised by how nitpicky people are being on the details. Having taken a "Mythology in Film" course, I can safely state the following:

    1) It's not supposed to be "The Iliad," it's "Helen of Troy." 2) It's a film. Made 3,000 years later. Targeted at an entirely different audience. 3) Greek mythology tends to be greatly inconsistent anyway, depending on your source. 4) Patroklus is never mentioned to justify Achilles's rage against Hector. So what? If Achilles hadn't withdrawn from war, he would've killed Hector anyways. And having him withdrawing and re-entering into the war would only have distracted from the main story (Helen) without really adding anything.

    There's a difference between myths and literature. One can stray from the literature of a story while staying true to the mythology of it. The Iliad itself was constantly being reinvented by generations of oral poets who changed the story every time they performed it. Back in ancient times, a person who merely recited the story verbatim would be considered an inferior, because he'd merely be a copycat rather than a storyteller.

    When it comes to the spirit and tradition, "Helen" shines. For instance, in the Iliad, Achilles compares Agamemnon taking Brisius to Paris taking Helen. In the film, the comparison is made literal. Brilliant. Then you have themes and scenes taken from the Orestia. Three or four different ideas are brought together in the span of one.

    "Helen" may be a bit loose with the details, but it shows a good understanding why those details took place, and stays true to capturing their motivations. Just because they don't follow the material exactly doesn't mean they don't know it really, really well. The same is true for a lot of other film productions, from "Desire Under the Elms" to "O Brother Where Art Thou" to "Medea" and even "Clash of the Titans."

    All and all, a good flick, I was pleasantly surprised. My only real complaints was the casting of Achilles (I assume they were combining his character with Ajax/Diomedes) and the fact that Hector never gets to actually beat anyone in combat (That was disappointing, to say the least).
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    • Release date
      • April 20, 2003 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • USA Networks
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Truvalı Helen
    • Filming locations
      • Malta
    • Production company
      • Fuel Entertainment
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      2 hours 55 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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