---
title: 'Helen of Troy (1956)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Robert Wise'
released: '1956-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 111
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Italy'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/helen-of-troy-1956'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049301/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Helen of Troy (1956)

1956 · 111 min · Drama, War, Romance · France, Italy, United States


## Synopsis

Helen of Troy is a 1956 American-Italian-French epic historical drama film, based on Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. It was directed by Robert Wise, from a screenplay by Hugh Gray and John Twist, adapted by Hugh Gray and N. Richard Nash. The music score was composed by Max Steiner and the cinematography by Harry Stradling Sr, who shot the film in CinemaScope. The movie has been called "a forgotten Robert Wise epic".

## Credits

- **Director:** [Robert Wise](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-wise)
- **Screenplay:** [N. Richard Nash](https://cinepixo.com/people/n-richard-nash), [Derek Twist](https://cinepixo.com/people/derek-twist), [John Twist](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-twist)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Max Steiner](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-steiner)
- **Director of Photography:** [Harry Stradling](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-stradling)
- **Editor:** [Thomas Reilly](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-reilly)

## Cast

- [Cedric Hardwicke](https://cinepixo.com/people/cedric-hardwicke) as Priam
- [Robert Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-brown) as Polydorus
- [Daniela Rocca](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniela-rocca)
- [Tonio Selwart](https://cinepixo.com/people/tonio-selwart) as Alephous
- [Eduardo Ciannelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/eduardo-ciannelli) as Andros
- [Brigitte Bardot](https://cinepixo.com/people/brigitte-bardot) as Andraste
- [Stanley Baker](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanley-baker) as Achilles
- [Maria Zanoli](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-zanoli)
- [Robert Douglas](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-douglas) as Agamemnon
- [Harry Andrews](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-andrews) as Hector
- [Jacques Sernas](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-sernas) as Paris
- [Janette Scott](https://cinepixo.com/people/janette-scott) as Cassandra
- [Ronald Lewis](https://cinepixo.com/people/ronald-lewis) as Aeneas
- [Marc Lawrence](https://cinepixo.com/people/marc-lawrence) as Diomedes
- [Torin Thatcher](https://cinepixo.com/people/torin-thatcher) as Odysseus

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/helen-of-troy-1956
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