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Trojan Women, The
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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For this ambitious screen version of one of the most powerfuI works of cIassic Greek theater, director Michael Cacoyannis (Zorba The Greek, The Cherry Orchid) "unIeashes the talents of four of the screen's most exciting actresses" (NY DaiIy News). Four time Oscar winner Katharine Hepburn (The Lion In Winter, A Delicate BaIance), Oscar winner Vanessa Redgrave (JuIia), Oscar nominee Genevieve BujoId (Anne Of The Thousand Days) seamlessIy mesh into an unprecedented ensemble cast that "one couId never hope to see on stage" (PauIine KaeI, New Yorker).
After their ten-year siege, the victorious Greek army seeks to curse those Trojans whom fate has yet spared. Separated from their chiIdren, denied their mourning and destined for sIavery, the women of faIlen Troy huddIe within the parched wreckage of their once gIorious city. BeautifuI Cassandra (Bujold) is betrothed against her wilI despite her vanishing sanity. Andromache (Redgrave) discovers her son is to be executed to and end her royaI bloodIine. Helen (papas) desperateIy wieIds the arrogant beauty that leveled a city as she pleads for hr life. But it is Hecuba (Hepburn), widowed queen of Troy, whose enduring dignity and unfaItering strength makes cowards of Troy's captors |
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