An Old Soldier remembers the ten-year war at Troy and the events which led up to it: Paris, Helen, Menelaus, Agamemnon, Priam, Achilles, Patroclus, Hector, Cassandra, Odysseus…and the wooden horse.

Their first job is to persuade two heroes - Achilles and Odysseus - to support the venture. Then the Greeks sail to Troy and hand King Priam their ultimatum: return Helen plus compensation or Troy ...

Diane Kruger as Helen, Rose Byrne as Briseis, and Peter O'Toole as Priam, King of Troy. My favorite, however, was Odysseus (Sean Bean). The King of Ithica, Odysseus, was one of the few Achilles ...