The Fury of Achilles

1962 Italian film

The Fury of Achilles

Directed by| Marino Girolami
Written by| Homer (poem)
Gino De Santis
Produced by| Samuel Z. Arkoff
Starring| Gordon Mitchell
Jacques Bergerac
Piero Lulli
Cinematography| Mario Fioretti
Edited by| Mirella Casini
Music by| Carlo Savina

Release date

* 1962 (1962)

Running time

| 118 min
Country| Italy
Language| Italian

L'ira di Achille, internationally released as The Fury of Achilles, is a 1962 Italian historical drama set in the ninth year of the Trojan War and is based primarily on Homer's Iliad. The film was directed by Marino Girolami and starred Gordon Mitchell as Achilles.[1] It was released in the UK in 1963 as ACHILLES and was filmed in EuroScope and Eastman Color.

## Plot

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Greeks set sail to Troy, since the prince Paris has abducted the Spartan Princess Helen, wife of Menelaus. In the fighting stands the invincible hero Achilles, who leads his Myrmidons to assault. Now in the tenth year of the war, Troy has not yet been destroyed. For the contention of a slave, Agamemnon, king of the Greeks offends Achilles because of a female slave and the hero withdraws from the war, creating confusion in the army. The Trojans in fact have the opportunity to drive out the Greeks at sea and so Patroclus, Achilles' best friend wears, without the knowledge of Achilles, his divine armor to instill courage in the Myrmidon soldiers. But Patroclus is killed by the Trojan prince Hector: Achilles rages, killing many Trojans, including the same Hector.

## Cast

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* Gordon Mitchell as "Achilles"
* Jacques Bergerac as "Hector"
* Cristina Gaioni as "Xenia"
* Gloria Milland as "Briseis"
* Piero Lulli as "Odysseus"
* Roberto Risso as "Paris"
* Mario Petri as "Agamemnon"
* Erminio Spalla as "Nestor"
* Fosco Giachetti as "Priam"
* Ennio Girolami as "Patroclus"
* Tina Gloriani as "Andromache"

## Production

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The original version includes footage from The Trojan Horse. These scenes are omitted in the UK version which is altogether 20 minutes shorter.[2]

## Bibliography

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* Giordano, Michele (1998). Giganti buoni. Rome: Gremese Editore. ISBN 8877421835.
* Hughes, Howard (2011). Cinema Italiano - The Complete Guide From Classics To Cult. London - New York: I.B.Tauris. ISBN 978-1-84885-608-0.

## See also

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* List of historical drama films
* Greek mythology in popular culture
* The Fury of Achilles \- a novel by Gustavo Rodríguez

## References

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1. ^ Giordano
2. ^ Hughes, p.52f

## External links

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* Fury of Achilles at IMDb

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