Troy poster
Screenplay David Benioff
Director Wolfgang Petersen

Troy

Tagline: For passion. For honor. For destiny. For victory. For love.

Release Date: 2004-05-13

Duration: 163 minutes

Synopsis

In year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age, two emerging nations begin to clash. 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. They set off with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks to Troy.

Casting

  • Brad Pitt
    Achilles
  • Orlando Bloom
    Paris
  • Brian Cox
    King Agamemnon
  • Brendan Gleeson
    Menelaos
  • Sean Bean
    Odysseus
  • Rose Byrne
    Briseis
  • Julie Christie
    Thetis
  • Eric Bana
    Hector
  • James Cosmo
    Glaucus
  • Diane Kruger
    Helen