Helen of Troy (1956)

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Director

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Robert Wise

Raoul Walsh (uncredited)
Sergio Leone (2nd unit director - uncredited)

Storyline

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Trojan Prince Paris travels to Greece to broker peace, but his ship is wrecked off the Greek coast. Washed up on Greek shores, he is found by beautiful Helen, wife of King Meneleus. Paris and Helen naturally fall in love, so when Paris flees with Helen by his side, the Greeks have no alternative but to declare war on Troy.

Cast

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• Credited
• Uncredited A-L
• Uncredited M-Z
• Unidentified

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Cast

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Actors credited in the English version, which I believe are the same in all international versions. Roles confirmed from the Danish programme.

Rossana Podestà
as Helen

Jacques Sernas
as Paris

Cedric Hardwicke
(credited as "Sir Cedric Hardwicke")
as Priam

Stanley Baker
as Achilles

Niall MacGinnis
as Meneleus

Nora Swinburne
as Hecuba

Robert Douglas
as Agamemnon

Torin Thatcher
as Ulysses

Harry Andrews
as Hector

Janette Scott
as Cassandra

Ronald Lewis
as Aeneas

Brigitte Bardot
as Andraste

Eduardo Ciannelli
as Andros

Marc Lawrence
as Diomedes

Maxwell Reed
as Ajax

Robert Brown
as Polidorus

Barbara Cavan
as Cora

Terence Longdon
as Patroclus

Patricia Marmont
as Andromache

Guido Notari
as Nestor

Tonio Selwart
as Adelphous

Georges Zoritch
Unidentified

Esmond Knight
as High Priest

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Uncredited actors A-L

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Fortunato Arena
as Greek courtier

Bruno Ariè
as Trojan soldier

Zulina Badaloni
as Trojan courtier

Sonia Balabin
as Trojan noblewoman

Amerigo Castrichella
as Greek courtier

Aristide Catoni
as Trojan citizen

Terry Dalton
as Trojan woman captured by Greeks

Emma Druetti
as Trojan courtier

Franco Fantasia
as Greek guard

Riccardo Garrone
as Trojan courtier

Veriano Ginesi
as Greek overseer

Margherita Lelli
as Trojan citizen

Franco Lori
as Trojan citizen

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Uncredited actors M-Z

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Sergio Marga
as Trojan nobleman

Ugo Mari
as Trojan citizen

Terzo Monachesi
as Greek courtier

Sandro Mondini
as Trojan citizen

Remington Olmsted
as Greek guard

Mario Pascucci
as Greek courtier

Amerigo Santarelli
as Greek ship's drummer

Luigi Scavran
as Menelaus' man

Attilio Severini
as Trojan fighter

Luigi Smith
as 1. Greek courtier
as 1. Trojan citizen

"Ferrety Face"
as Trojan citizen

"Sleepy Eyes"
as Greek courtier

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Unidentified actors

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Unidentified credited actors

• Georges Zoritch - Online sources say he plays a dancer, however the only dancers appear during the Trojan revelry and are not seen clearly enough to identify

Uncredited actors listed as appearing by other sources, but not identified

The notes following the stuntmen listings come from Christoffer Slotte's personal research.

• Hank Bergman - IMDb as Trojan soldier
• Peter Brace - C.S. UK stuntman doubling Maxwell Reed (interviewed)
• Ken Buckle - C.S. UK stuntman doubling Harry Andrews (interviewed 1989)
• Alfio Caltabiano - From his biography
• Pamela Chamberlain - IMDb as Amazon. There are no amazons in the film
• Pauline Chamberlain - IMDb as Amazon. There are no amazons in the film
• Giovanni Cianfriglia - IMDb as "Stunts"
• Frank Colson - IMDb as "Undetermined supporting role"
• Jack Cooper - IMDb as "Stunts". UK stuntman who doubled Helen in a jump into water (according to more than one source)
• Patrick Crean - C.S. (fencer) (according to Variety 14 July 1954 + also mentions the film in his autobiography)
• Rosella D'Aquino - Cineguida
• Peter Damon - IMDb as "Undetermined supporting role"
• Alma De Rio - Cineguida / IMDb as "Undetermined supporting role"
• Cristina Fantoni - IMDb as "Undetermined supporting role"
• Fred Haggerty - C.S. UK stuntman (interviewed 1988)
• George Leech - IMDb as "Stunts". UK stuntman (interviewed 1988)
• Gino Marturano - From interview
• Ralph Moratz - IMDb as Trojan soldier. (interviewed somewhere on the internet)
• Osiride Pevarello - From interview
• Joe Powell - IMDb as "Stunts". UK stuntman (interviewed 1988 + mentions the film in his autobiography)
• Tessa Prendergast - IMDb as "Undetermined supporting role"
• Daniela Rocca - Scenario and Romecentral websites
• Leda Roffi - IMDb as "Undetermined supporting role"
• Paddy Ryan - IMDb as "Stunts"
• Walter Scherer - IMDb as "Undetermined supporting role"
• Dean Severence - IMDb as "Undetermined supporting role"
• Benito Stefanelli - IMDb as "Stunts"
• John Sullivan - IMDb as "Stunts". UK stuntman doubling Jacques Sernas (source: my interviews with other stuntmen)
• Larry Taylor - C.S. UK stuntman doubling Stanley Baker (interviewed)
• Nazzareno Zamperla - IMDb as "Stunts". I think he mentioned to me that he, too, doubled Helen
• Maria Zanoli - Cineguida / IMDb as "Undetermined supporting role"

As the images attest, this film has thousands of generici, stuntmen and extras, the large majority of whom are not seen clearly. It is quite possible that many of the actors listed above, certainly those familiar to us, were involved in the production, but did not appear identifiably on screen.

Possibly Andrea Fantasia?

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Unidentified actors

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Unidentified actors

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This credit list comes from the original Danish programme for the film. It confirms the roles played by all but 2 of the credited actors (but unfortunately not unidentified Georges Zoritch)

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I think Maria Zanoli is in pic n64
between the woman with skyblue dress and the read head man around in the center/left part of the image.

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I think Maria Zanoli is in pic n64
between the woman with skyblue dress and the read head man around in the center/left part of the image.

In the centre here? All the women here look too young to be Zanoli