Dido and Aeneas - Didon et Énée (2009)

Actors: Fiona Shaw (actress), François Roussillon (director), William Christie (actor), Toni Hajal (producer), Deborah Warner (miscellaneous crew), Philippe Leclaire (editor), Les Arts Florissants (actor), Bruno Renhold (actor), Publius Vergilius Maro (writer), Simon Heyerick (actor), Anne-Marie Lasla (actress), Jean-Yves Ravoux (actor), Christopher Maltman (actor), Malena Ernman (actress), Chloé Obolensky (costume designer),

Genres: Drama, Musical,

Dido & Aeneas (2005)

Actors: Peter Schönhofer (director), Sasha Waltz (miscellaneous crew), Juan Kruz Díaz de Garaio Esnaola (actor), Deborah York (actress), Nahum Tate (writer), Takako Suzuki (actress), Clementine Deluy (actress), Céline Ricci (actress), Charlotte Engelkes (actress), Fabrice Mantegna (actor), Michal Mualem (actor), Xuan Shi (actor), Sasa Queliz (actress), Aurore Ugolin (actress), Virgis Puodziunas (actor),

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Troy (2004)

Actors: Julie Christie (actress), Brad Pitt (actor), Rose Byrne (actress), John Shrapnel (actor), Orlando Bloom (actor), Saffron Burrows (actress), Peter O'Toole (actor), Sean Bean (actor), Eric Bana (actor), Brian Cox (actor), Brendan Gleeson (actor), Julian Glover (actor), James Cosmo (actor), Wolfgang Petersen (producer), Diane Kruger (actress),

Plot: It is the year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age. Two emerging nations begin to clash after Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband, Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnon to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. So they set off with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks to Troy. With the help of Achilles, the Greeks are able to fight the never before defeated Trojans. But they come to a stop by Hector, Prince of Troy. The whole movie shows their battle struggles and the foreshadowing of fate in this remake by Wolfgang Petersen of Homer's "The Iliad."

Keywords: achilles'-heel, achilles-tendon, achilles-tendon-cut, adulterous-wife, adultery, aegean-sea, ancient-civilization, ancient-greece, ancient-troy, ancient-world
Genres: Adventure, Drama,
Taglines: For Honor For Victory For Love For Destiny For Passion For Troy

Quotes:

Agamemnon: Peace is for women and the weak.

Andromache: [to Hector] I can't imagine life without you.

Priam: I've fought many wars in my time. Some I've fought for land, some for power, some for glory. I suppose fighting for love makes more sense than all the rest.

Glaucus: [the Appolonians are making their last stand] Soldiers of Troy! You men are warriors! To lead you has been my honor! [to Paris] My prince! The boatman waits for us! I say, we make him wait a little longer!::[Trojans attack as the Greeks break down the last barricade]

Agamemnon: I see you're not hiding behind your high walls. Valiant of you. Ill-advised, but valiant.::Hector: You come here uninvited. Go back to your ships and go home.::Agamemnon: We've come too far, Prince Hector.::Menelaus: Prince? What prince? What son of a king would accept a man's hospitality, eat his food, drink his wine, embrace him in friendship, and then steal his wife in the middle of the night?::Paris: The sun was shining when your wife left you.::Menelaus: She's up there, watching, isn't she? Good. I want her to watch you die.::Agamemnon: Not yet, brother. Look around you, Hector. I brought all the warriors of Greece to your shores.::Nestor: You can still save Troy, young prince.::Agamemnon: I have two wishes. If you grant them, no more of your people need die. First, you must give Helen back to my brother. Second, Troy must submit to my command, to fight for me whenever I call.::Hector: You want me to look upon your army and tremble? Well I see them. I see 50,000 men brought here to fight for one man's greed.::Agamemnon: Careful boy, my mercy has limits.::Hector: And I've seen the limits of your mercy and I tell you now, no son of Troy will ever submit to a foreign ruler.::Agamemnon: Then every son of Troy shall die.

[Paris cowardly bows out of a duel with Menelaus, leaving everyone aghast, especially Menelaus]::Menelaus: [shouts to Helen] Is this what you left me for?

[Eyes closed, Briseis has blade against his throat]::Achilles: Do it. [Briseis doesn't do anything, but only stares at him. Achilles opens his eyes] Do it. Nothing is easier.::Briseis: Aren't you afraid?::Achilles: Everyone dies, whether today or fifty years from now.::Briseis: If I don't, you'll kill more men.::Achilles: Many.

Odysseus: [Achilles throws his spear into a nearby tree] Your reputation for hospitality is fast becoming legend.

Agamemnon: [approaches king] Good day for the crows.::Triopas: Remove your army from my land.::Agamemnon: Why, I like your land, I think we'll stay. I like your soldiers too.::Triopas: They won't fight for you.::Agamemnon: That's what the Messenians said, and the Acardians, and the Opeians, now they all fight for me.::Triopas: You can't have the whole world, Agamemnon. It's too big, even for you.::Agamemnon: I don't want to watch another massacre. Let's settle this war in the old manner. Your best fighter against my best.::Triopas: And if my man wins?::Agamemnon: We'll leave Thessaly for good.::Triopas: Boagrius!::[cheers from Thessalian army. Boagrius comes out from the centre of the army]::Agamemnon: Achilles!::[silence]::Triopas: Boagrius has this effect on many heroes.::Agamemnon: Be careful who you insult, old king.::Greek Soldier: My king, Achilles is not with the army.::Agamemnon: Where is he?::Greek Soldier: I sent a boy to look for him.

Achilles: If I hurt you, it's not what I wanted

Les troyens (2003)

Actors: François Roussillon (producer), Peter Maniura (director), Laurent Naouri (actor), Anna Caterina Antonacci (actress), Ludovic Tézier (actor), Stéphanie d'Oustrac (actress), Hector Berlioz (writer), Topi Lehtipuu (actor), Topi Lehtipuu (actor), Yannis Kokkos (costume designer), Susan Graham (actress), Yannis Kokkos (miscellaneous crew), Lydia Korniordou (actress), René Schirrer (actor), Nicolas Testé (actor),

Genres: Drama, Music,

Dido & Aeneas (1995)

Actors: Niv Fichman (producer), Barbara Willis Sweete (director), Linda Muir (costume designer), Mark Morris (miscellaneous crew), Mark Morris (writer), Liam Burke (actor), Publius Vergilius Maro (writer), Russell Braun (actor), Ann Monoyios (actress), Shari Saunders (actress), Jennifer Lane (actress), Benjamin Butterfield (actor), Meredith Hall (actress),

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Eneide (1971)

Actors: Dusica Zegarac (actress), Franco Rossi (writer), Jaspar von Oertzen (actor), Janez Vrhovec (actor), Heinz Moog (actor), Marilù Tolo (actress), Claudio Trionfi (actor), Franco Balducci (actor), Bogdan Jakus (actor), Vasa Pantelic (actor), Stole Arandjelovic (actor), Alessandro Haber (actor), Riccardo Cucciolla (actor), Franco Rossi (director), Mario Nascimbene (composer),

Genres: Drama,

La leggenda di Enea (1962)

Actors: Benito Stefanelli (actor), Enzo Fiermonte (actor), Ugo Liberatore (writer), Charles Band (actor), Albert Band (writer), Ugo Liberatore (writer), Albert Band (producer), Gianni Garko (actor), Furio Meniconi (actor), Maurice Poli (actor), Mario Ferrari (actor), Nerio Bernardi (actor), Giacomo Rossi-Stuart (actor), Antonietta Zita (editor), Giovanni Fusco (composer),

Genres: Adventure, Drama, War,
Taglines: His mighty sword avenged a nation!

La guerra di Troia (1961)

Actors: Nando Tamberlani (actor), Giorgio Ferroni (writer), Benito Stefanelli (miscellaneous crew), Nerio Bernardi (actor), Giovanni Cianfriglia (actor), Antonietta Zita (editor), Arturo Dominici (actor), Giorgio Ferroni (director), Ugo Liberatore (writer), Mimmo Palmara (actor), Nello Pazzafini (actor), Giovanni Fusco (composer), Carlo Tamberlani (actor), Giancarlo Bastianoni (actor), Juliette Mayniel (actress),

Genres: Adventure, Drama, War,
Taglines: The World's Mightiest Man In The Mightiest Spectacle Ever Filmed.

Helen of Troy (1956)

Actors: Jacques Sernas (actor), Brigitte Bardot (actress), Harry Andrews (actor), Stanley Baker (actor), Torin Thatcher (actor), Robert Douglas (actor), Riccardo Garrone (actor), Cedric Hardwicke (actor), Esmond Knight (actor), Marc Lawrence (actor), Robert Brown (actor), Eduardo Ciannelli (actor), Niall MacGinnis (actor), Guido Notari (actor), Rossana Podestà (actress),

Plot: Prince Paris of Troy, shipwrecked on a mission to the king of Sparta, meets and falls for Queen Helen before he knows who she is. Rudely received by the royal Greeks, he must flee...but fate and their mutual passions lead him to take Helen along. This gives the Greeks just the excuse they need for much-desired war.

Keywords: abduction, ancient-greece, arson, bare-chested-male, battle, battlefield, blonde, boat, bow-and-arrow, boxing
Genres: Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War,
Taglines: Its towering wonders span the age of titans!

Quotes:

Priam: [on seeing the Greek naval fleet approaching] The face that launched a thousand ships!

Paris: Make me immortal with a kiss!

Helen: [seeing the Trojan horse] Beware Greeks bearing gifts.

Helen: Forgive me Helen. You're two women. Both wise and good. I am two men, one fairly good, I try to believe and the other very bad indeed.::Helen: One is a man, the other just a boy I think... Paris, let him be so always... Never let him grow old.

Paris: Oh Goddess come to Earth. Make me a mortal with your kiss and we'll live on nectar and ambrosia... [kiss]... But I am not sure I like being so ethereal.

Helen: There's away Gods have... To give with one hand and take with two.

The Face of Love (1954)

Actors: John Breslin (actor), Peter Cushing (actor), Donald Pleasence (actor), George Rose (actor), Alvin Rakoff (producer), Alvin Rakoff (director), Alan Tilvern (actor), Paul Whitsun-Jones (actor), Brian Worth (actor), Joan Miller (actress), Ronald Lewis (actor), Hugh Sinclair (actor), Laurence Payne (actor), Mary Morris (actress), John Charlesworth (actor),

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