HELEN OF TROY (1956) ¢ ¢ 1/2
D: Robert Wise
Rossana Podesta, Jacques Sernas, Cedric Hardwicke,
Niall MacGinnis, Torin Thatcher, Harry Andrews,
Brigitte Bardot, Stanley Baker, Robert Douglas,
Ronald Lewis, Nora Swinburne, Janette Scott
The Trojan War, with massive battle scenes, lavish production design, thousands of extras and a talky script. Oh, and there's a big, wooden horse. You'll need to brush up on your Homer to keep track of all the characters, but there is an on-screen credit for "Bacchanal Choreography," so at least they got that right. Brigitte Bardot has a supporting role as Andraste, Helen's devoted slave, but if you're making a movie about Helen of Troy and Brigitte Bardot's in it, shouldn't Helen be played by Brigitte Bardot?
