The Fury of Achilles

The Fury of Achilles
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;
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.

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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.

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

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