Helen of Troy (1956)

USA et al., 118 min
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Basic facts

Original title Helen of Troy
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
  • USA
  • Italy
Production company
Classification Allowed from age 15
Dialogue
  • English
Swedish release 1956-01-26

Cast

Rossana Podestà
Helen (Helena)

Jacques Sernas (as Jack Sernas)
Paris

Cedric Hardwicke
king Priam (Priamos)

Stanley Baker
Achilles (Akilles)

Niall MacGinnis
Menelaus (Menelaos)

Nora Swinburne
queen Hecuba (drottning Hekabe)

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Titles

Original title
  • Helen of Troy
Swedish release title
  • Sköna Helena av Troja
Co-production title
  • Elena di Troia (Italien)
Distribution title
  • skønnne Helene af Troja (Danmark)
  • Troijan Helena (Finland)
  • Die schöne Helena (Västtyskland)
  • Hélène de Troie (Frankrike)
  • Helena de Tróia (Portugal)
  • Helena de Tróia (Brasilien)
  • トロイのヘレン (Japan)
  • Елена Троянская (Ryssland)
  • Elena din Troia (Rumänien)
  • Hélène de Troie (Belgien)
  • Helena van Troje (Belgien)
  • Paris a Helena (Tjeckoslovakien)
  • O Τρωικός Πόλεμος (Grekland)
  • Helena de Troya (Spanien)
  • הלנה מטרויה (Israel)
  • Szép Heléna (Ungern)
  • Helena Trojańska (Polen)
  • Helene av Troja (Norge)

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Production Manager
Director of Photography
Music
Choreography
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Assistant Director
Dialogue Coach
Stunt Coordinator
Second Unit Director
Adaptation
Special Photographic Effects
Second Unit Director of Photography
Orchestration
Assistant Production Designer
Set Decorator
Propman
Costume Designer
Make-up Supervisor
Hair Stylist
Stunt
Storyboard

Cast

Rossana Podestà Helen (Helena)
Jacques Sernas (as Jack Sernas) Paris (dubbad av Edmund Purdom)
Cedric Hardwicke king Priam (Priamos)
Stanley Baker Achilles (Akilles)
Niall MacGinnis Menelaus (Menelaos)
Nora Swinburne queen Hecuba (drottning Hekabe)
Robert Douglas Agamemnon
Torin Thatcher Ulysses (Odysseus)
Harry Andrews Hector (Hektor)
Janette Scott Cassandra (Kassandra)
Ronald Lewis Aeneas
Brigitte Bardot Andraste
Eduardo Ciannelli Andros
Marc Lawrence Diomedes
Maxwell Reed Ajax (Ajas)
Robert Brown Polydorus
Barbara Cavan Cora
Terence Longdon Patroclus (Patroklos)
Patricia Marmont Andromache (Andromake)
Guido Notari Nestor
Tonio Selwart Alpheus (Alfeos)
George Zoritch dansare
Esmond Knight överstepräst

Companies

Production Company Warner Bros. Pictures Inc.
Copyright Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 1956-02-11 LP7778
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) Warner Bros. Film AB 1956

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 87565
Date 1956-01-19
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 3155 meters
Censored length 3130 meters
Notes Censurklipp: Några råa bilder av krigare som dödas med pil, lans eller svärd. Slutet av envigen mellan Akilles - Hector. Bilderna av släpningen av Hectors lik. Närbild av kampen mellan Menelaus - Paris. Speltid efter censurklipp: 114 minuter.


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 2.35:1 (CinemaScope)
Sound type Sound
Sound system RCA Sound System
Colour type Colour
Colour system Warnercolor
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in minutes 118 min


Original work

Original title Iliaden (Epic poem)
Author Homeros


Production location

1954-03 1954-08
Cinecittà Rome Italy

Release dates

Release in Sweden 1956-01-26 Rigoletto Stockholm Sweden 114 min
First showing 1956-01-26 Los Angeles, Kalifornien USA 118 min

Related films

Jason and the Argonauts (1963) Helen of Troy (1956)
The Story of Mankind (1957) Helen of Troy (1956)

Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Colour prints 12
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


Type Program folio


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