---
title: 'The Trojan Horse (1961)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Giorgio Ferroni'
released: '1961-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 105
genres:
  - 'Adventure'
countries:
  - 'Italy'
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-trojan-horse-1961'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056042/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Trojan Horse (1961)

1961 · 105 min · Adventure · Italy, France

Original title: La guerra di Troia

## Synopsis

The Trojan Horse 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Giorgio Ferroni](https://cinepixo.com/people/giorgio-ferroni)
- **Screenplay:** [Giorgio Ferroni](https://cinepixo.com/people/giorgio-ferroni), [Giorgio Stegani](https://cinepixo.com/people/giorgio-stegani), [Ugo Liberatore](https://cinepixo.com/people/ugo-liberatore), [Federico Zardi](https://cinepixo.com/people/federico-zardi)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Giovanni Fusco](https://cinepixo.com/people/giovanni-fusco)
- **Director of Photography:** [Rino Filippini](https://cinepixo.com/people/rino-filippini)
- **Editor:** [Antonietta Zita](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonietta-zita)

## Cast

- [John Drew Barrymore](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-drew-barrymore) as Odysseus
- [Mimmo Palmara](https://cinepixo.com/people/mimmo-palmara) as Ajax the Great
- [Warner Bentivegna](https://cinepixo.com/people/warner-bentivegna) as Paris
- [Giancarlo Bastianoni](https://cinepixo.com/people/giancarlo-bastianoni) as Acate
- [Nello Pazzafini](https://cinepixo.com/people/nello-pazzafini) as Warrior
- [Steve Reeves](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-reeves) as Aeneas
- [Juliette Mayniel](https://cinepixo.com/people/juliette-mayniel) as Creusa
- [Luciana Angiolillo](https://cinepixo.com/people/luciana-angiolillo) as Andromache
- [Lydia Alfonsi](https://cinepixo.com/people/lydia-alfonsi) as Cassandra
- [Fernando Tamberlani](https://cinepixo.com/people/fernando-tamberlani) as Menelaus
- [Nerio Bernardi](https://cinepixo.com/people/nerio-bernardi) as Agamemnon
- [Edy Vessel](https://cinepixo.com/people/edy-vessel) as Helen of Troy
- [Arturo Dominici](https://cinepixo.com/people/arturo-dominici) as Achilles
- [Giovanni Cianfriglia](https://cinepixo.com/people/giovanni-cianfriglia) as Diomedes
- [Carlo Tamberlani](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlo-tamberlani) as Priam

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