Troilus & Cressida

Nov 7, 1981

3h 10m

★ 8.0

Overview

The bitter Trojan War drags on - the Greeks blame Achilles' apathy for low morale, while Troy's hero Hector challenges one of the enemy to a personal duel. And after her father exchanges Cressida for a Trojan prisoner, the war becomes personal for her distraught lover Troilus.

Genres

Drama

TV Movie

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Cast

Pandarus

Charles Gray

Troilus

Anton Lesser

Aeneas

Tony Steedman

Cressida

Suzanne Burden

Alexander

Max Harvey

Servant to Troilus

Peter Walmsley

Agamemnon

Vernon Dobtcheff

Nestor

Geoffrey Chater

Ulysses

Benjamin Whitrow

Menelaus

Bernard Brown

Ajax

Anthony Pedley

Thersites

Jack Birkett

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