| Description |
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert. |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Cast |
Katharine Hepburn, Vanessa Redgrave, Genevieve Bujold, Irene Papas, Patrick Magee, Brian Blessed. |
| Credits |
Photography, Alfio Contini ; music, Mikis Theodorakis. |
| Note |
Based on the play by Euripides; English translation by Edith Hamilton. |
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DVD release of the 1971 motion picture. |
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Region 1; Dolby Digital; widescreen format (1.66:1 aspect ratio). |
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Special features include: director's note; Michael Cacoyannis filmography; theatrical trailer; stills gallery. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
After the Greek victory in the Trojan War, all the Trojan warriors and princes are slain and the women and children are left to be divided among the conquerors. Beautiful Cassandra is betrothed against her will and despite her vanishing sanity. Andromache discovers that her son is to be executed to end her royal bloodline. Helen desperately wields the arrogant beauty that leveled a city as she pleads for her life. In the end, it is the enduring dignity and unfaltering strength of Hecuba, widowed queen of Troy, that makes cowards of Troy's captors. |
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Hecuba, Queen of Troy -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Trojan War -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Troy (Extinct city) -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Greek drama -- Television adaptations -- Videodiscs.
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Greek drama -- Film adaptations -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Cacoyannis, Michael.
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Nohra, Anis.
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Hepburn, Katharine, 1907-2003.
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Redgrave, Vanessa, 1937-
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Bujold, Geneviève.
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Papas, Irene.
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Magee, Patrick.
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Blessed, Brian.
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Euripides.
Trojan women.
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Kino International Corporation.
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| Standard No. |
738329037628 |
| Music No. |
K376 Kino |
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