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Directed by | Michael Cacoyannis |
Screenplay by | Michael Cacoyannis |
Based on | The Trojan Women by Euripides Edith Hamilton (English translation) |
Produced by | Michael Cacoyannis Anis Nohra Josef Shaftel |
Starring | Katharine Hepburn Vanessa Redgrave Geneviève Bujold Irene Papas Brian Blessed |
Cinematography | Alfio Contini |
Edited by | Michael Cacoyannis |
Music by | Mikis Theodorakis |
Production company | Josef Shaftel Productions Inc. |
Distributed by | Cinerama Releasing Corporation |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
Countries | United States United Kingdom Greece |
Language | English |
The Trojan Women (Greek: Τρωάδες) is a 1971 American-British-Greek war drama film directed by Michael Cacoyannis and starring Katharine Hepburn, Vanessa Redgrave, Geneviève Bujold and Irene Papas. The film was made with the minimum of changes to Edith Hamilton's translation of Euripides' original play, save for the omission of deities, as Cacoyannis said they were "hard to film and make realistic".