The Trojan Women
1971·Movie
·1h 45min·
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The strength of mankind has always been its women.
In the aftermath of the Trojan Wars, Queen Hecuba takes stock of the defeated kingdom. Her son has been killed, and his widow, Andromache, is left to raise their son, Astyanax, alone. Hecuba's daughter, Cassandra, fears being enslaved by her Greek masters, while Helen of Troy risks being executed. Astyanax also becomes the focus of the Greeks' attention as the last male heir of the Trojan royal family.
Greek TragedyPost-War DevastationPowerful PerformancesPhilosophical DramaHistorical SettingMelancholy AtmosphereDialogue-DrivenSocial CommentaryMoral Dilemmas
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Directed by:
Mihalis Kakogiannis, Margarita Pardo
Written by:
Mihalis Kakogiannis, Euripides, Edith Hamilton
Produced by:
Mihalis Kakogiannis, Carlo Lastricati, Josef Shaftel
Composed by:
Míkis Theodorakis, Gordon K. McCallum, Alfred Cox