Drama
The Trojan Women
The strength of mankind has always been its women.
In the aftermath of the Trojan Wars, Queen Hecuba takes stock of the defeated kingdom. Her son has been killed, and his widow, Andromache, is left to raise their son, Astyanax, alone. Hecuba's daughter, Cassandra, fears being enslaved by her Greek masters, while Helen of Troy risks being executed. Astyanax also becomes the focus of the Greeks' attention as the last male heir of the Trojan royal family.
Part of the Greek Tragedy Trilogy →Trailer
Top Cast
Katharine Hepburn
Hecuba
Vanessa Redgrave
Andromache
Geneviève Bujold
Cassandra
Irene Papas
Helen
Patrick Magee
Menelaus
Brian Blessed
Talthybius
Alberto Sanz
Astyanax
Pauline Letts
Woman
Directed by
Mihalis Kakogiannis
Production
Reviews
CinemaSerf
7/104/25/2026
With the army conquered and her city reduced to rubble, Hecuba (Katharine Hepburn), the widow of King Priam of Troy, is bedecked in her mourning garb and awaiting the decision from the Greek victors as to what will be the fate of not just herself, but of her daughter Cassandra (Geneviève Bujold); of Hector's widow Andromache (Vanessa Redgrave) and her young son, and also of the original source of their woes - Helen (Irene Papas) whose husband Menelaus (Patrick Magee) is scenting blood. Stylistically, this isn't so much an history as a collection of powerfully delivered monologues and though that did effect the continuity of the storytelling at times, it did serve to focus our attention on the respective characters. Hepburn's Hecuba serves as a sort of glue to hold things together, and she
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