Helen of Troy (TV miniseries)

Helen of Troy is an American television production directed by John Kent Harrison from 2003, which was inspired by Homer's Iliad and tells of the mythical struggle of the Greeks to the Bronze Age city of Troy.

Action

The plot of the film is based on the Iliad of Homer. Helena, the daughter of the Spartan king is kidnapped at the beginning of the film because of its extraordinary beauty. Her brother is but after a long search. When rescue attempt he dies along with the hijackers.

Helena is the wife of the Spartan king Menelaus. Paris, Prince of Troy takes you on their specific request to Troy on a visit to Sparta Helena. The two become lovers. The King of Sparta seeks revenge and moved to Troy to retrieve Helen. This desire is not the king of Troy, father of Paris, but after what the ten-year Trojan War breaks out. In the final film of the main cast are only Helen and Menelaus alive. Helena follows Menelaus to Sparta.

Criticism

" The careful and detailed staged ( television ) production reduces Homer's" Iliad " at the Broad and interpreted their characters quite free, but comes up with impressive images to. Without any claim to historicity, a picture-book that mixes in lehrhaftem tone fiction and historical reality, with discrepancies of the script, sometimes quasi-theatrical staging and some unnecessarily be painted murder scenes detract from the pleasure unfolds. "

2003 in film John Harrison (director) Screenplay Film score Joel Goldsmith Paris (mythology) John Rhys-Davies Jim Carter (actor)
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