La Belle Hélène

"La Belle Hélène (2000) Théâtre du Châtelet. Offenbach / French"

2000 2h 33m FR

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★7.0TMDB · 1★8.5IMDB · 49

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This is a joy from beginning to end. Although there are many tricks and ideas from Laurent Pelly, as always he seems to still retain the Offenbach magic. La Lott and Monsieur Beuron are a joy, but so is everyone else. The Patriotic Trio by the sea is both a hoot and wonderfully sung, the score seems truly complete yet never flags and the finale sequences for especially acts 1 & 2 are a joy of movement and sound fused as one glorious Offenbachian moment.

“La Belle Hélène (2000) Théâtre du Châtelet. Offenbach / French”

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Cast

Felicity Lott
Hélène, reine de Sparte
Yann Beuron
Pâris, fils de Priam, roi de Troie
Michel Sénéchal
Ménélas, roi de Sparte
Laurent Naouri
Agamemnon, roi d'Argos
François Le Roux
Calchas, grand augure de Jupiter
Marie-Ange Todorovitch
Oreste, fils d'Agamemnon
Eric Huchet
Achille, roi de Phthiotis
Alain Gabriel
Ajax premier, roi de Salamine

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Laurent Pelly
Writers: Ludovic Halévy, Henri Meilhac
Languages: French
Countries: France

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RUNTIME

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Clocks in at 153 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.

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2 / 8

ERA

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26 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Jacques Offenbach. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

CAST

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Felicity Lott and Yann Beuron and Michel Sénéchal carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "La Belle Hélène (2000) Théâtre du Châtelet. Offenbach / French".

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0262270 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Laurent Pelly directs. Jacques Offenbach scores. Produced in France. Dialogue in French.

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1Clocks in at 153 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
226 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Original score by Jacques Offenbach. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Felicity Lott and Yann Beuron and Michel Sénéchal carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "La Belle Hélène (2000) Théâtre du Châtelet. Offenbach / French".
7IMDB entry: tt0262270 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.