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MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Suitable for Children Movie Release: 1955 DVD Release: 04/27/2004 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 2 hrs 1 mins Studio: Warner Home Video Members Wishing: 3 Genres: Adventure, Costume Adventure, Sword-and-Sandal

Rossana Podesta may not quite possess the face that would launch a thousand ships, but she is otherwise convincing in the title role of Helen of Troy. Filmed in Italy, this super-epic costars Jacques Sernas as Paris of Troy, who sails to Sparta to secure a peace treaty between the two powerful Greek city-states. When he falls in love with Helen, Queen of Sparta, Paris loses all sense of diplomacy. Helen is willingly "abducted" by Paris and spirited off to Troy, thereby sparking a long and bloody war, which culminates with the legendary Trojan Horse. Torin Thatcher costars as warrior leader Ulysses, while Sir Cedric Hardwicke plays Priam, the pacifistic king of Troy who is overwhelmed by circumstances beyond his control. Also on hand is Stanley Baker as Achilles (who ends up with an arrow you-know-where) and Niall MacGinnis as Helen's husband Menelaus. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Rossana Podestà - Helen of Troy
Jacques Sernas - Paris
Cedric Hardwicke - Priam
Stanley Baker - Achilles
Niall MacGinnis - Menelaus

Robert Wise's sweeping historical epic Helen of Troy gets a DVD release -- timed to coincide in part with Wolfgang Petersen's similarly themed 2004 summer blockbuster, Troy -- that preserves the film's original theatrical aspect ratio of 2.55:1. An English soundtrack has been remixed in Dolby Digital 5.1, and a French soundtrack has been recorded in Dolby Digital Mono. The solid picture and impressive sound make this disc highly recommended to fans of '50s epics. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide