The Trojan Women

The Trojan Women

The strength of mankind has always been its women.

PG 1971 · 105 min · ★ 6.2 · Drama

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.

Directed by Mihalis Kakogiannis · Written by Edith Hamilton

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Katharine Hepburn Hecuba
Vanessa Redgrave Andromache
Geneviève Bujold Cassandra
Irene Papas Helen
Patrick Magee Menelaus
Brian Blessed Talthybius
Alberto Sanz Astyanax
Pauline Letts Woman
Rosalind Shanks Woman
Pat Beckett Woman (as Pat Becket)
Anna Bentinck Woman
Elsie Pittas Woman (as Ersie Pittas)

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