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The Trojan Horse (1961)

The Trojan Horse poster
Original title
La guerra di Troia
Directed by
Giorgio Ferroni
Genre
adventure film
Country
France, Italy
Runtime
1h 45m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 29 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This Italian film is set in the final year of the Trojan War. It follows the Trojan hero Aeneas through battles and events of the conflict.

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What happens

The Trojan Horse (Italian: La guerra di Troia) 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. In 2004 it was restored and shown as part of the retrospective "Storia Segreta del Cinema Italiano: Italian Kings of the Bs" at the 61st Venice International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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