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.

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

Rosalind Shanks

Woman

Pat Beckett

Woman (as Pat Becket)

Anna Bentinck

Woman

Elsie Pittas

Woman (as Ersie Pittas)