The Queen of Sparta explained

The Queen of Sparta
Director:	Manfred Noa
Studio:	Itala Film
Language:	Italian

The Queen of Sparta (Italian:La regina di Sparta) is a 1931 film directed by Manfred Noa and starring Antonio Moray, Viola LaRosa and Franco Faris. The film was made by the low-budget Itala Film in Hollywood, primarily for release in Italian-speaking inhabitants of the United States. Shot as a silent with sound added later, it re-used footage from Noa's 1924 film Helen of Troy.^[1]

Its complex background has led to it being classified variously as an American, German or Italian film.

Cast

• Antonio Moray as Priam
• Viola LaRosa as Helen
• Franco Faris as Paris
  • • • Bernardo Camilli Giuseppe Laroy Carlo Borelli Pietro Costo

References

1. Michelakis & Wyke p.162

Bibliography

• Winkler, Martin M (ed.). Troy: From Homer's Iliad to Hollywood Epic. John Wiley & Sons, 2009.
• Pantelis Michelakis & Maria Wyke. The Ancient World in Silent Cinema. Cambridge University Press, 2013.