Robert T. White wrote:
> As far as cinema goes, I would love to know of any films based on the
> _Aeneid_...
To my knowledge the �neid has never been filmed, but there was
an
Italian "bedsheet & sandal opus" called "The Trojan Horse" (Italian
title possibly "La Guerra di Troia").This starred Steve Reeves, the
American bodybuilder, as �neas I think.
Here is what Leonard Maltin had to say about it:
"Trojan Horse,The (1962-Italian) C[olour]- 105m[inutes]. **1/2[out of
****] D[irector]:Giorgio Ferroni. Steve Reeves,John Drew Barrymore,Hedy
Vessel,Juliet Mayniel. Above-average production values and Barrymore's
presence in role of Ulysses inflates rating of otherwise stale version
of Homer's epic.[sic] Techniscope."[Source:Maltin,Leonard(1997) "Leonard
Maltin's 1998 Movie & Video Guide" New York:Signet p.1406]
I haven't seen the film
but imagine that it is loosely based on
Homer, with the sack of Troy based ultimately on Virgil's account in
Book II of the �neid.
There was also, I
believe, an early silent film based on Dante's
"Inferno" which naturally involved Virgil as a character.
Peter JVD Bryant
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Perth
Western Australia 6010
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