Paris (Orlando Bloom), the deeply in love prince of Troja, deports the Spartan Queen Helena (Diane Kruger) to his homeland. The Spartan King Menelaos (Brian Gleeson) can't accept this insult. Under the direction of his brother Agamemnon (Brian Cox), the mighty king of Mycenea, other kings team up to destroy Troy, among them the famous warrior Achilles (Brad Pitt). Agamemnon's main motive is not to rehabilitate his brother but his greed: the fall of Troy would be a huge victory for him and ensure the supremacy of an already big empire. Under the direction of the violent prince Hector (Eric Bana), the walls of Troy can sustain much better than the Greeks expected....


With a worldwide box-office result of almost $500 million, the movie can be considered a huge success, even though the critics weren't that good.
Wolfgang Petersen paid almost $3 million for the new Director's Cut and worked on it with approx. 40 associates for three months because he didn't agree with the Theatrical Version. Due to the producers' pressure and a very tight schedule, the movie was completed pretty fast. There wasn't much time for the score either, that's why a lot of music has been edited or changed for the Director's Cut.
It recently became in vogue to release a Director's Cut, an Extended Version, an Unrated Version or whatever on DVD. Often it's just a rip-off and the name arouses wrong expectations, but not here. The new Director's Cut of Troy completes many parts of the story line. The characters are much more interesting and many subplots are more suspense-packed, even though the Director's Cut is longer. This is finally a Director's Cut that lives up to his name, definitely a recommendation for anyone who likes epic slaughter movies.


To keep track, only the really important differences have screens. Unimportant stuff like different shots of the actors or earlier-beginning/extended scenes, that are also in the Theatrical Version, are mentioned of course, but without screens. Nevertheless this comparison became so big that it had to be split up in two parts. Be that as it may, the comparison is pretty clear and I hope the faithful readers of movie-censorship.com enjoy reading. Have fun.


Director's Cut: 03:08.00 min credits included
Theatrical Version: 02:36.06 min credits included

Director's Cut: 02:57.37 min credits excluded
Theatrical Version: 02:26.44 min credits excluded

Compared are the German DVD (Theatrical Version) by Warner Home Video (FSK 16) and the German DVD (Director's Cut) by Warner (FSK 16).

Naming all differences would be impossible. According to the running times = 1853 sec (30 min 53 sec)

Comparison Troy Director's Cut Part 2
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00:48:00
Theatrical Version:
Close-up of Eudorus while he's telling Achilles about the hostage they took.
2 sec

Theatrical Version: 00:48.24
Director's Cut: 01:02.41
Theatrical Version:
Close-up of Achilles in the tent. He says he'd killed men in five countries, but never a priest. It's not a close-up but a distance shot in the Director's Cut (he says the same).
No difference

Theatrical Version: 00:48.28
Director's Cut: 01:02.44
Theatrical Version:
The shot of bound Briseis has been cut differently in the Director's Cut.
Theatrical Version: 14 sec
Director's Cut: 18 sec

Theatrical Version: 00:48.48
Director's Cut: 01:03.09
Theatrical Version:
Shot of Briseis, she wants to know what he knew about gods. A shot of Achilles in the Director's Cut instead.
No difference

Theatrical Version: 00:48.52
Director's Cut: 01:03.09
Theatrical Version:
Close-up of Achilles getting a towel, distance shot in the Director's Cut.
No difference

Theatrical Version:	Director's Cut:

Theatrical Version: 00:49.27
Director's Cut: 01:03.49
Different angle when he askes for her name.
No difference

Theatrical Version: 00:49.46
Director's Cut: 01:04.13
Theatrical Version:
Close-up of Eudorus, distance shot in the Director's Cut. Achilles is supposed to come to Agamemnon.
No difference

Theatrical Version: 00:49.55
Director's Cut: 01:04.24
Theatrical Version:
Another close-up of Eudorus and again a distance shot in the Director's Cut.
No difference

01:04.53
Director's Cut:
The Greeks unlaod their ships, the casualties get medical treatment. Achilles on his way to Agamemnon.
14 sec

01:05.30
Achilles enters Agamemnon's tent, the scene begins slightly earlier in the Director's Cut.
2 sec

01:06.14
Director's Cut:
Agamemnon is delighted about the successful battle. When he recognizes Achilles, he's not laughing anymore.
2 sec

Theatrical Version: 00:52.25
Director's Cut: 01:07.10
Agamemnon says that day a victory'd been achieved. He continues it wasn't Achilles all the kings bowed down before. Different footage's been used in the Theatrical Version.
No difference

Theatrical Version: 00:53.36
Director's Cut: 01:08.33
Different angles have been used when Briseis says Achilles and Agamemnon should stop to fight.
No difference

00:53.50
Briseis also says he didn't want anybody to die for him. Extended shot of the face in the Theatrical Cut.
2 sec

01:08.49
Director's Cut:
Additional shot of all participants.
2 sec

Theatrical Version: 00:53.56
Director's Cut: 01:08.53
Director's Cut:
Agamemnon all the time. In the Theatrical Cut, it's Briseis first, then Agamemnon who says: "The powerful Achilles".
No difference

01:09.02
Earlier shot of Agamemnon in the Director's Cut, just before he says she was going to bath him that evening.
3 sec

01:09.20
After Achilles' fight with Agamemnon, Achilles raises his sword against him. But then he lowers his sword and turns to Briseis.
17 sec

01:09.37
Extended shot of the Greeks building up the headquarter at the beach in the Director's Cut.
4 sec

01:09.50
Director's Cut:
Shot of the temple. A woman sings a dirge, the fallen are being burned ceremonially. Women fall on their knees and weep.
40 sec

01:10.44
Director's Cut:
Extended shot of Glaucus discussing with the Priest how to stand up against the Greeks. The Priest prefers a diplomatic solution, he blames Paris for the current situation.
23 sec

00:54.47
Theatrical Version:
Additional shot of the Priest.
2 sec

Theatrical Version: 00:55.01
Director's Cut: 01:11.18
Hector comes earlier to the council of war in the Theatrical Version. Furthermore a shot of Glaucus in the Director's Cut.
No difference

Theatrical Version: 00:55.03
Director's Cut: 01:11.24
Different footage's been used when Glaucos says she believed they could win.
Theatrical Version: 11 sec
Director's Cut: 15 sec

01:11.56
In the Director's Cut, Priamus also tells Hector they'd built fountains when the Priest had predicted 4 years of drought. He continues the drought had come and they'd had enough water to drink.
8 sec

Theatrical Version: 00:55.32
Director's Cut: 01:12.07
Director's Cut:
Shot of Hector from the back, he says he was a servant of Troy. The Theatrical Version contains a shot from the front when he says that.
No difference

00:55.07
01:12.13
Director's Cut:
Shot of Hector, he says he'd seen a Greek insulting Apolon and nothing had happened. A shot of Paris in the Theatrical Version.
No difference

01:13.01
Director's Cut:
After Paris confronted Menelaus, Glaucos wants to know if he could win. Then an additional shot of Hector.
3 sec

Theatrical Version: 00:57.51
Director's Cut: 01:14.34
Priamus gives his father's sword to Paris and says as long as a Trojan had it, their people would have a future. Extended shot of Priamus in the Director's Cut, then Paris. The Theatrical Version only contains a shot of Paris.
No difference

Theatrical Version: 00:58.11
Director's Cut: 01:14.54
At Hector's house, he talks to his wife. A shot of his back in the Director's Cut, then an extended shot of the baby. In the Theatrical Version, he gets shot from the front.
Theatrical Version: 1 sec
Director's Cut: 3 sec

01:15.00
Earlier beginning of the shot of Hector's wife in the Director's Cut before he strokes her head.
1 sec

01:15.15
Director's Cut:
The shot of Hector starts slightly earlier.
1 sec

01:15.28
Hector says he wanted to see his son growing up and talks about the girls following him. In the Director's Cut, his wife also says it'd been the same with his father. Hector mentions his son was more handsome than he'd ever been. She replies she'd lost seven brothers in the war with the Spartans and adds she should have gotten used to it in the meantime.
24 sec

01:17.14
Hector tries to stop Helena and tells her to go back to Menelaus. In the Director's Cut, she also says he could do whatever he wanted, killing or enslaving her, but she wasn't going to return to Menelaus.
7 sec

Theatrical Version: 01:00.35
Director's Cut: 01:17.55
After Hector told Helena Paris needed her, the Theatrical Version contains a shot of his face. The Director's Cut doesn't.
No difference

Theatrical Version: 01:00.41
Director's Cut: 01:18.02
Different footage when Helena leaves.
Theatrical Version: 5 sec
Director's Cut: 8 sec

01:18.54
Director's Cut:
Earlier beginning of the shot of Achilles when he puts sth. in his mouth.
2 sec

Theatrical Version: 01:01.28
Director's Cut: 01:19.03
Theatrical Version:
Achilles asks Patroclus if he was prepared to fight and kill, and he affirms. In the Director's Cut, he asks if he was prepared to fight and Patroclus affirms as well. Then Achilles wants to know if was prepared to kill. Patroclus lowers his head, which makes it pretty obvious he does have a conscience.
No difference

01:19.14
Director's Cut:
Additional shot of Patroclus.
2 sec

Theatrical Version: 01:01.46
Director's Cut: 01:19.25
Shot of Patroclus in the Director's Cut, shot of Achilles in the Theatrical Version.
No difference

Theatrical Version: 01:02.13
Director's Cut: 01:19.54
Director's Cut:
Different shots of Patroclus.
No difference

Theatrical Version: 01:02.18
Director's Cut: 01:19.59
Theatrical Version:
Shot of Patroclus. A shot of Achilles in the Director's Cut instead.
No difference

01:20.07
Director's Cut:
Earlier beginning of the shot of Achilles before he turns to Patroclus. He chews.
4 sec

01:02.29
Director's Cut:
Extended shot of Achilles.
1 sec

01:22.15
Just before Paris' duel. Helena's supposed to sit down next to Priamus and so she does. In the Director's Cut, he also says he hoped that day would never come. Helena agrees and he replies she should call him father. She asks for forgiveness because it was all her fault. He explains it was off her hands because the gods were calling the shots and he couldn't blame her for being in love with Paris. Then they get each others hands.
37 sec

Theatrical Version: 01:07.06
Director's Cut: 01:25.30
Director's Cut:
The rival ride to each other, an additional shot of Hector and Paris. Hector says Menelauf fought like a raging bull and Paris should take advantage of his speed. Furthermore he mentions Paris didn't have to do that.
14 sec

01:32.14
After Paris lost against Menelaus, clinged terrified to Hector's leg and yells it was dishonorable, a further sentence follows. Hector repeats "Paris", who just stutters "No". Then the Theatrical Version again.
6 sec

01:32.36
When Hector stabs Menelaus to defend Paris, the Director's Cut also contains a close-up.
2 sec

01:32.43
Director's Cut:
Additional shot of Hector.
1 sec

01:33.12
Shot of Priamus' and Helena's retreat to the palace when Agamemnon orders to attack Troy.
3 sec

Theatrical Version: 01:14.57
Director's Cut: 01:33.48
Theatrical Version:
Close-up of Odysseus. The distance shot of Achilles starts earlier in the Director's Cut.
Theatrical Version: 2 sec
Director's Cut: 4 sec

01:34.00
The Greeks attack the fortress. Additional shot of the Trojans building a bank in the Director's Cut.
2 sec

01:34.16
Director's Cut:
Additional bloody battle pieces.
6 sec

01:34.48
Director's Cut:
Shot of Achilles, then an alternate shot of the bowman including some bloody hits.
4 sec

01:34.57
Director's Cut:
Alternate shot of the bowman plus some bloody hits.
4 sec

Theatrical Version: 01:15.55
Director's Cut: 01:35.01
Theatrical Version:
Medium long shot of Odysseus, close-up in the Director's Cut.
No difference

01:35.14
Director's Cut:
Bloody thick of the battle.
3 sec

01:35.40
After Ajax ran Hector down, the following happens in the Director's Cut: extended shot of the horse picking itself up, then a shot of Hector's wife. Ajax kills two enemies plus an alternate shot of Hector.
6 sec

01:35.55
Director's Cut:
Alternate shot of the bowman plus some bloody hits.
1 sec

01:36.00
Ditto.
2 sec

01:36.11
Ditto.
2 sec

01:36.13
Earlier beginning of the shot when Hector chokes Ajax before he headbutts him in the Director's Cut.
3 sec

01:36.18
Director's Cut:
Alternate shot of the bowman and some bloody hits.
4 sec

01:36.31
Ditto.
3 sec

01:36.51
Ditto.
2 sec

01:37.03
Hector and Ajax in a fight. Ajax chokes him and Hector rams his sword into the belly. The Director's Cut contains an additional shot of them.
5 sec

01:37.19
After Ajax got killed by Hector, the Director's Cut contains an alternate shot of Priamus.
6 sec

01:37.42
Director's Cut:
Some Greeks get bloody hit by some arrows.
5 sec

01:37.48
Director's Cut:
Close-up of dead Ajax and the arriving Greeks.
3 sec

01:38.09
In the Director's Cut, a soldier gets hit in his face by a spear, pretty bloody scene. The next shot of the attackers starts earlier as well.
2 sec

01:38.13
Director's Cut:
Close-up of some bloody hits.
1 sec

01:38.21
Director's Cut:
The Greeks strike the wounded very bloodily.
6 sec

01:18.24
In the Theatrical Version instead, only one soldier goes down.
2 sec

01:38.34
Director's Cut:
Another soldier gets bloodily killed.
2 sec

01:38.53
The Greeks retreat. Additional shot of Priamus in the Director's Cut.
2 sec

01:39.08
In the Director's Cut, a corpse gets run over by a chariot pretty bloodily.
2 sec

01:39.13
Director's Cut:
Another bloody hit, the following escape of the Greeks begins earlier.
6 sec

01:39.20
Director's Cut:
Another shot of the Greek-chasing Trojans.
10 sec

01:39.33
Director's Cut:
Extended shot of a bloody hit plus a further shot of the Greeks on the run.
5 sec

01:19.10
Theatrical Version:
Alternate shot of the Greeks on the run.
2 sec

01:40.38
Earlier beginning of the shot in the Director's Cut when the wounded get picked up plus Director's Cut is longer.
2 sec

01:40.55
Director's Cut:
Hector overviews the battle field, then the Greeks on their way to Ajax' funeral.
16 sec

01:41.35
Agamemnon puts some coins on the eyes of dead Menelaus. Tracking shot of him in the Director's Cut, he promises he was going to burn everything down before he started.
9 sec

01:21.13
Theatrical Version:
Shot of Paris and Helena in their room after Paris was defeated disgracefully. She tucks his slash wound on his leg. He says she and all the people of Troy had to think he was a coward, she replies he did it out of love and adds Menelaus'd always been a warrior, but he wasn't. She continues she didn't want a hero, but someone she could get old with.
70 sec

Theatrical Version: 01:22.23
Director's Cut: 01:42.09
Director's Cut:
Earlier beginning of the shot of Agamemnon in his room after the battle. Then Nestor with a map and again Agamemnon. The Theatrical Version starts immediately with a close-up of Agamemnon.
No difference

01:43.11
After Nestor said the Greeks' fighting spirit was weak, Odysseus replies in the Director's Cut they'd even return home by swimming.
4 sec

Theatrical Version: 01:23.39
Director's Cut: 01:43.30
Alternate shot of Nestor in both versions.
No difference

01:43.32
Director's Cut:
Alternate close-up of Odysseus.
1 sec

01:43.37
When Odysseus asks Agamemnon for Briseis' whereabouts, the following shot begins earlier in the Director's Cut.
2 sec

01:44.27
After Achilles saved Briseis from the warriors, the shot of them is extended in the Director's Cut. In the following scene, he brings them to his room. This scene starts 1 sec earlier.
2 sec

01:27.2201:47.20
Briseis and Achilles talking. Cut to Briseis in the Theatrical Version, extended shot of Achilles in the Director's Cut.
2 sec

01:47.40
Additional shot of Achilles in the Director's Cut after Briseis says she believed he was just brutal because she could forgive brutal people.
3 sec

01:48.42
Director's Cut:
Achilles boosts the dress higher.
2 sec

01:48.46
Director's Cut:
Additional distance shot.
3 sec

Theatrical Version: 01:28.50
Director's Cut: 01:48.55
Different footage of Achilles and Briseis kissing each other.
No difference

01:49.00
Director's Cut:
Again Achilles boosting the dress higher.
1 sec

Theatrical Version: 01:28.56
Director's Cut: 01:49.01
Different footage of the sex scene in either of versions. The Director's Cut is longer and more explicit.
Theatrical Version: 20 sec
Director's Cut: 37 sec

Theatrical Version: 01:31.35
Director's Cut: 01:51.56
Different shot of Patroclus in either of the versions.
No difference

01:52.00
Director's Cut:
Additional shot of Patroclus.
2 sec

Theatrical Version: 01:31.48
Director's Cut: 01:52.12
Director's Cut:
Patroclus says they should fight for their men, not enjoying themselves like he did with Briseis. Extended of silent Achilles in the Theatrical Version.
Theatrical Version: 2 sec
Director's Cut: 9 sec

Theatrical Version: 01:31.52
Director's Cut: 01:52.23
Theatrical Version:
Another shot of Patroclus, a shot of Achilles in the Director's Cut.
No difference

Theatrical Version: 01:31.56
Director's Cut: 01:52.27
Director's Cut:
Patroclus yells after Achilles that, no matter how long he lived, his heart would never become as black as his. He doesn't say anything in the Theatrical Version.
Theatrical Version: 2 sec
Director's Cut: 7 sec

01:52.36
Director's Cut:
Black screen for a second, then the Priest. He gets up and says the omens became more and more and their instruction was obvious. Hector replies the only instruction was to fight for the country. Priamus says to Hector when the high priest had spoken to them for the last time, he'd predicted a huge victory for Troy. He continued they really did achieve a huge victory, that's why they should let him talk. Then he asks the Priest how to proceed.
33 sec

01:53.16
Director's Cut:
The Priest also says he needed to admit he'd underestimated the Greeks. He also says they were lacking discipline and guts.
9 sec

Theatrical Version: 01:32.15
Director's Cut: 01:53.25
Theatrical Version:
Close-up of Hector and Priamus, Hector gets up and leaves. Disctance shot in the Director's Cut.
No difference

Theatrical Version: 01:33.02
Director's Cut: 01:54.13
Director's Cut:
Extended shot of the Priest talking to Priamus. The Theatrical Version contains a close-up of Priamus instead.
Theatrical Version: 3 sec
Director's Cut: 7 sec

01:54.28
Director's Cut:
Hector also says they were making a mistake. Priamus yells to prepare the army.
8 sec

01:54.44
Extended shot of the soldiers walking through the hall in the Director's Cut.
0.5 sec

01:54.44
Director's Cut:
Patroclus looks disgruntled at Achilles' men loading the ship.
26 sec

01:56.08
Director's Cut:
Earlier beginning of the zoom to sleeping Achilles and Briseis.
6 sec

02:00.15
Director's Cut:
Slightly extended shot plus slightly more blood when the Greeks encounter the Trojans for the second time.
1 sec

02:00.22
Director's Cut:
Additional scene of Achilles fighting his way through the enemies.
5 sec

02:00.32
Director's Cut:
Another battle scene of Achilles.
2 sec

02:00.54
Director's Cut:
Odysseus kills an enemy with a sword thrust.
3 sec

Theatrical Version: 01:39.49
Director's Cut: 02:01.57
Hector and Achilles fight till death. Hector hits Achilles and slices his throat. The Trojans cheer, the Greeks are paralysed. Hector leans over to his opponent to take off the head. However, it's not Achilles but his father Patroclus. The neck wound looks only half as bad in the Theatrical Version. Furthermore a lot of blood runs out of the wound.
No difference

Theatrical Version:	Director's Cut:

Theatrical Version: 01:40.02
Director's Cut: 02:02.10
Director's Cut:
Another shot of the mortally injured Patroclus, the neck wounds looks bloodier.
No difference

Theatrical Version:	Director's Cut:

Theatrical Version: 01:40.12
Director's Cut: 02:02.19
Director's Cut:
Again the neck wound.
No difference

Theatrical Version:	Director's Cut:

Theatrical Version: 01:41.23
Director's Cut: 02:03.31
Director's Cut:
Extended shot of Eudorus walking on the beach to Achilles' shack. Shot from the front in the Theatrical Version, which also starts earlier.
Theatrical Version: 3 sec
Director's Cut: 5 sec

Theatrical Version: 01:41.36
Director's Cut: 02:03.48
Theatrical Version:
Earlier beginning of the scene when Eudorus stands in front of the shack. A passing soldier drops his shield. In the Director's Cut, the scene begins later, but then again it's longer. Another soldier lowers his sword and shield and gets on his knees.
No difference

Theatrical Version: 01:41.39
Director's Cut: 02:03.51
Director's Cut:
The order of the scenes is different when Eudorus delivers the message of Patroclus' death to Achilles.
No difference

Theatrical Version: 01:42.09
Director's Cut: 02:04.25
Director's Cut:
Extended shot of Achilles calling for Patroclus. Also in the Theatrical Version, but shorter.
Theatrical Version: 13 sec
Director's Cut: 15 sec

01:42.32
Theatrical Version:
Cut to Eudorus on the ground.
2 sec

Theatrical Version: 01:42.39
Director's Cut: 02:04.56
New shot of Briseis, who wants to help Eudorus, in the Director's Cut. Close-up of Achilles in the Theatrical Version.
No difference

Theatrical Version: 01:42.40
Director's Cut: 02:04.58
Director's Cut:
Achilles chokes Eudorus, blood runs out of his mouth. No blood in the Theatrical Version.
No difference

Theatrical Version:	Director's Cut:

02:05.00
Director's Cut:
Alternate shot of Achilles' vicious face.
1 sec

Theatrical Version: 01:42.41
Director's Cut: 02:05.01
Director's Cut:
The choking scene of Eudorus is different. Only Briseis in the Theatrical Version.
No difference

Theatrical Version: 01:42.54
Director's Cut: 02:05.16
Director's Cut:
Achilles on his way to the beach, cut to Eudorus on the ground. In the Theatrical Version, it's just Achilles on his way to the beach without the interruptional shot of Eudorus.
No difference

Theatrical Version: 01:43.36
Director's Cut: 02:05.58
Different shots of Hector's wife in either of the versions.
Theatrical Version: 5 sec
Director's Cut: 13 sec

Theatrical Version: 01:43.48
Director's Cut: 02:06.20
The scenes of Hector and his wife have been cut differently.
Theatrical Version: 35 sec
Director's Cut: 44 sec

01:44.37
Theatrical Version:
Additional shot of Patroclus' body right before it gets burned.
5 sec

02:07.50
Director's Cut:
Extended shot of Agamemnon and Nestor.
2 sec

Theatrical Version: 01:45.10
Director's Cut: 02:07.57
Director's Cut:
Achilles burns the tower down. Distance shot in the Director's Cut, close-up in the Theatrical Version.
No difference

01:45.27
Theatrical Version:
Additional shot of the burning tower.
8 sec

01:45.50
Director's Cut:
Here the extended burning scene appears after the shot of Hector being home, watching his wife and child sleep. Then the shot of Achilles and the burning tower.
12 sec

02:08.30
Director's Cut:
The map of Troja gets carved by Agamemnon with a knife. He stabs the map several times.
19 sec

Theatrical Version: 01:46.02
Director's Cut: 02:08.50
Helena watches Paris doing training with the bow, the scene's been cut differently in either of the versions.
Theatrical Version: 12 sec
Director's Cut: 23 sec

Theatrical Version: 01:48.03
Director's Cut: 02:11.02
Director's Cut:
Shots of the abandoned streets and squares in Troy. In the Theatrical Version, a shot of Paris and the others stepping on the gallery.
Theatrical Version: 15 sec
Director's Cut: 18 sec

Theatrical Version: 01:48.03
Director's Cut: 02:11.20
Different footage of Priamus, Hector etc. standing on the gallery.
Theatrical Version: 35 sec
Director's Cut: 38 sec

Theatrical Version: 01:51.59
Director's Cut: 02:15.19
Director's Cut:
Close-up of Hector. Theatrical Version: medium long shot of Hector.
Theatrical Version: 3 sec
Director's Cut: 5 sec

01:52.05
Theatrical Version:
Additional shot of Hector.
2 sec

02:22.00
Extended shot of Achilles standing with Briseis in his tent after Achilles dragged Hector's body to the camp.
1 sec

02:22.06
Extended shot of Achilles propping up in the Director's Cut.
2 sec

02:22.15
Extended shot of Achilles washing up in the Director's Cut.
4 sec

02:22.22
Director's Cut:
Extended shot of weeping Briseis.
2 sec

01:58.55
After Briseis wept, a shot of Achilles sitting on his coat in the Theatrical Version.
12 sec

02:23.14
Director's Cut:
Extended shot of Briseis sitting at the beach, feeling blue.
1 sec

Theatrical Version: 02:00.09
Director's Cut: 02:23.29
Director's Cut:
Close-up of Priamus entering Achilles shack, distance shot in the Theatrical Version.
No difference

Theatrical Version: 02:01.36
Director's Cut: 02:24.57
The coversation between Achilles and Priamus has been cut differently in either of the versions.
Theatrical Version: 12 sec
Director's Cut: 15 sec

Theatrical Version: 02:02.05
Director's Cut: 02:25.29
Only Achilles in the Theatrical Version. In the Director's Cut, first Achilles, then Priamus.
No difference

Theatrical Version: 02:02.40
Director's Cut: 02:26.05
Close-up of Achilles during the conversation in the Theatrical Version. Only Priamus in the Director's Cut.
No difference

02:27.25
Director's Cut:
Shot of Hector's dead face.
3 sec

02:28.12
Director's Cut:
Additional shot of Priamus, who's waiting in Achilles' shack.
15 sec

02:28.47
Director's Cut:
Additional shot of Achilles when he says to Priamus that honor was bestowed upon the Prince.
3 sec

02:29.21
Additional shot of Achilles in the Director's Cut when Achilles releases Briseis to Priamus.
3 sec

02:06.23
Theatrical Version:
Extended shot of Briseis getting up to Priamus.
1 sec

Theatrical Version: 02:06.46
Director's Cut: 02:30.30
Theatrical Version:
Distance shot of Agamemnon, close-up in the Director's Cut.
Theatrical Version: 6 sec
Director's Cut: 4 sec

02:30.45
Director's Cut:
Nestor also says it was impossible to break through their walls, even if Hector was dead, because they'd wait for 10 years until they left. Agamemnon also turns around earlier.
5 sec

Theatrical Version: 02:07.09
Director's Cut: 02:30.57
Theatrical Version:
Agamemnon swears to Zeus he was going to tear the walls of Troy down. Then a cut to Odysseus and Nestor. Only Agamemnon in the Director's Cut.
Theatrical Version: 6 sec
Director's Cut: 4 sec

Theatrical Version: 02:09.16
Director's Cut: 02:31.01
Director's Cut:
Hector gets burried in the temple. Additional shot of the body, a singing woman, Hector's wife, Briseis and Helena with Hector's son. Furthermore an extended scene: Priamus kisses Hector's body for the last time before it gets burned.
Theatrical Version: 53 sec
Director's Cut: 91 sec

02:33.25
Director's Cut:
Extended shot of Odysseus.
2 sec

Theatrical Version: 02:08.12
Director's Cut: 02:33.33
Achilles talks to Eudorus. He tells him to wake up the men and sail home because he had his own battle to fight. The scene's been cut differently is either of the versions and also contains different footage.
Theatrical Version: 63 sec
Director's Cut: 70 sec

02:10.09
Theatrical Version:
Achilles on his way to Troja. Additional shot of the horse's legs.
2 sec

02:36.06
Director's Cut:
Further shot of Priamus and the Priest when they recognize the wooden horse at the beach. The Priest says it was a gift and they should bring it to Poseidon's temple. The shot of Paris also starts slightly earlier.
4 sec

02:36.15
Director's Cut:
After Paris said they should burn the horse, Glaucus explains the Prince was right. He continues he'd burn down everything in Greece if he had a torch which was big enough. The Priest warns him to take watch out who he was insulting because their Prince Hector had found rough words for the gods and the day after, he'd been killed by Achilles' sword.
16 sec

02:36.37
Director's Cut:
The Priest asks for the King's foregiveness. He explains he didn't want to seem disrespectful but he didn't want any more sons of Troy to die.
18 sec

02:37.42
Director's Cut:
Alternate shots of the partying crowd. A distance shot of the wooden horse, then someone arrives on a horse.
9 sec

02:38.10
Director's Cut:
Alternate shot of the bodies at the beach. A dog arrives, sniffs at the bodies and licks one of their faces.
24 sec

02:12.57
Theatrical Version:
Shot of a rider and the hidden ships of the Greeks.
6 sec

02:38.44
Director's Cut:
Extended shot of the rider.
1 sec


Theatrical Version: 02:13.17
Director's Cut: 02:38.59
Director's Cut:
At night, the wooden horse on the market square. Odysseus sneaks a peek, then everybody gets out of the horse. In the Theatrical Version just a distance shot plus it starts slightly earlier.
Theatrical Version: 7 sec
Director's Cut: 5 sec

Theatrical Version:	Director's Cut:

02:39.21
Director's Cut:
Extended shot of the climbing Greeks.
4 sec

02:39.48
Director's Cut:
Shot of sleeping Trojans on the streets.
6 sec

02:40.10
Director's Cut:
Additional shot of the Greeks stabbing a sleeping Trojan.
4 sec

02:40.16
Director's Cut:
Shot of a Trojan getting the throat sliced.
2 sec

02:14.35
Theatrical Version:
Additional shot of running Achilles.
3 sec

02:41.23
Director's Cut:
Earlier beginning of the chasing scene.
1 sec

02:41.31
Director's Cut:
Alternate shot of the Greeks on their way through town.
3 sec

Theatrical Version: 02:15.27
Director's Cut: 02:41.35
A Trojan gets killed with a club. The camera pans away in the Theatrical Version, a distance shot in the Director's Cut plus the continuation of the scene: extended shot of the Greeks in the streets, raping a woman.
Theatrical Version: 5 sec
Director's Cut: 11 sec

02:41.49
Director's Cut:
A Greek torches a horse.
2 sec

02:41.52
Director's Cut:
A man and a woman get randomly killed by the Greeks.
6 sec

02:42.00
Director's Cut:
A Trojan gets hung, men killed and woman raped. A Greek snatches a woman's baby and tosses it into the fire.
23 sec

02:15.41
Theatrical Version:
A Trojan goes down.
2 sec

02:42.26
Director's Cut:
Another Trojan gets hung and another one killed. Someone gets killed with a hammer (offscreen).
9 sec

Theatrical Version: 02:16.43
Director's Cut: 02:42.46
Director's Cut:
A guard tower gets burned down. Also in the Theatrical Version, but much later.
Theatrical Version: 4 sec
Director's Cut: 6 sec

Theatrical Version: 02:16.26
Director's Cut: 02:42.52
Director's Cut:
Horses get routed out of the burning stables. Different angle in the first 5 sec. Also in the Theatrical Verison, but later and shorter.
Theatrical Version: 8 sec
Director's Cut: 11 sec

Theatrical Version: 02:16.47
Director's Cut: 02:43.03
Director's Cut:
Soldiers get caught by a Flash Over and start to burn. Also in the Theatrical Verison, but later plus the last shot of the burning is missing.
Theatrical Version: 3 sec
Director's Cut: 5 sec

02:43.14
Director's Cut:
A woman gets tossed on the ground and bloodily killed with a sword. Odysseus kills one of his enemies.
9 sec

Theatrical Version: 02:17.48
Director's Cut: 02:43.38
The wooden horse burns down, Agamemnon yells Troy should burn down for Menelaus. Troy burns, people are on the run. Again Agamemnon, he said he'd promised to burn it down for Menelaus. He yells the same in the Theatrical Version without mentioning Menelaus.
Theatrical Version: 20 sec
Director's Cut: 31 sec

02:44.25
Director's Cut:
Additional scene of Helena's and Paris' arrival after Priamus looked at the burning town while he was weeping. Helena and Paris look terrified.
8 sec

02:46.44
Director's Cut:
Additional shot of the Trojans coming down the stairs when Odysseus and the Greeks are storming the palace.
2 sec

Theatrical Version: 02:19.17
Director's Cut: 02:46.48
Director's Cut:
Extended shot of Odysseus and the Greeks fighting on the stairs. The Theatrical Version contains only one of the cuts.
Theatrical Version: 3sec
Director's Cut:13sec

02:47.03
Director's Cut:
Odysseus orders to follow him.
2 sec

02:47.12
Director's Cut:
Additional shot of Paris when Glaucus summons his men to fight with him side by side.
1 sec

02:47.25
Director's Cut:
The Greeks run into the door.
3 sec

02:47.31
Director's Cut:
Additional shot of the intruding Greeks.
1 sec

02:47.42
Director's Cut:
Agamemnon slices a Trojan's throat. He screams nobody was going to be spared and walks up the stairs.
9 sec

02:47.56
Director's Cut:
Paris puts another bullet into an attacker's neck. A soldier on the ground gets killed.
4 sec

02:19.59
Theatrical Version:
Additional shot of Hector's wife running along.
2 sec

Theatrical Version: 02:20.02
Director's Cut: 02:48.01
Director's Cut:
Glaucus tells Paris to run and so she does. In the Theatrical Version one can hear Hector's wife calling for him, after that he runs.
Theatrical Version: 4 sec
Director's Cut: 6 sec

Theatrical Version: 02:48.05
Director's Cut: 02:20.06
The fight between Odysseus and Glaucus has been cut differently in either of the versions until Odysseus stabs his back.
Theatrical Version: 2 sec
Director's Cut: 13 sec

02:48.24
Director's Cut:
Additional shot of Glaucus.
3 sec

Theatrical Version: 02:20.13
Director's Cut: 02:48.36
The scene when the Greeks storm and plunder the temple's been cut differently. The scene of the Trojans getting chased is followed by a shot of the people getting killed in the Director's Cut.
Theatrical Version: 9 sec
Director's Cut: 19 sec

02:20.27
Theatrical Version:
Alternate shot of Achilles walking in the streets.
1 sec

02:48.55
Director's Cut:
The Priest warns the Greek not to touch him because he was servant of the gods, but he doesn't give a damn and pushes him off the tower.
10 sec

02:49.06
Director's Cut:
Alternate scene of the Greeks destroying the temple.
3 sec

02:49.11
Director's Cut:
Earlier beginning of the shot of Priamus when he enters the temple.
3 sec

02:49.39
Director's Cut:
Agamemnon stabs Priamus in the back, the shot of Priamus is extended. Agamemnon says he'd wanted him alive to watch his town burn. Priamus asks to let the innocents live but Agamemnon replies nobody was innocent. Then he leaves.
26 sec

Theatrical Version: 02:20.57
Director's Cut: 02:50.06
Director's Cut:
Slower death of Priamus in the Theatrical Version.
Theatrical Version: 4 sec
Director's Cut: 9 sec

02:50.32
Director's Cut:
Briseis fights Agamemnon back.
1 sec

02:50.37
Director's Cut:
Agamemnon chokes Briseis and says he wanted to have what Achilles had. The shot of the fast-approaching Achilles begins earlier.
12 sec

02:21.35
Theatrical Version:
Close-up of Achilles.
1 sec

02:51.11
Director's Cut:
Earlier beginning of the shot of Agamemnon before Briseis stabs a knife in his neck.
1 sec

02:22.00
Theatrical Version:
Close-up of Briseis after she put the knife in Agamemnon's neck.
1 sec

Theatrical Version: 02:22.09
Director's Cut: 02:51.31
Achilles saves Briseis, he slices an enemy's throat. It's different in the Director's Cut. Here he chops off his enemy's head.
No difference

Theatrical Version:	Director's Cut:

Theatrical Version: 02:22.12
Director's Cut: 02:51.33
Achilles stabs the second attacker. The sword is more outstanding in the Director's Cut.
No difference

Theatrical Version:	Director's Cut:

02:51.53
Extended shot of Achilles' face after Paris shot his heel. Briseis calls for Paris, then Achilles again. He lowers his head.
3 sec

02:51.58
Director's Cut:
Earlier beginning of the shot of Achilles before he turns to Paris.
1 sec

02:52.09
Director's Cut:
Extended shot of Achilles going to Paris after he put a bullet in Achilles' belly.
2 sec

02:52.33
Director's Cut:
Close-up of Achilles after he got hit several times.
1 sec

02:52.36
Director's Cut:
Paris clamps another arrow.
2 sec

Theatrical Version: 02:23.16
Director's Cut: 02.52.48
Theatrical Version:
Additional close-up of Briseis next to Achilles. Close-up of him when he puts his hands on her head, medium distance shot in the Director's Cut.
No difference

02:52.55
Director's Cut:
Extended shot of Briseis.
2 sec

02:53.07
Director's Cut:
The conversation between Briseis and Achilles starts earlier.
1 sec

02:53.12
Director's Cut:
Ditto.
4 sec

02:23.36
Theatrical Version: additional intercut to Paris.
3 sec

02:53.20
Director's Cut:
Earlier beginning of the shot of Briseis' face.
2 sec

02:53.35
Director's Cut:
Additional shot of Paris telling Briseis to come.
5 sec

02:53.56
Director's Cut:
Another close-up after Achilles said she rather left.
2 sec

Theatrical Version: 02:24.17
Director's Cut: 02:54.05
Theatrical Version:
Achilles says it was ok and wants her to leave. In the Director's Cut, he tells her to leave when Briseis is on the screen.
No difference

02:54.29
Director's Cut:
Earlier cut to Achilles' face after Paris and Briseis escaped.
2 sec

02:54.38
Director's Cut:
Again Achilles' face before he falls sideways.
5 sec

Theatrical Version: 02:24.49
Director's Cut: 02:54.43
Theatrical Version:
First Achilles falls sideways, then the arrival of he soldiers. It's the other way around in the Director' Cut plus the Director's Cut is 2 sec longer.
Theatrical Version: 10 sec
Director's Cut: 12 sec

Theatrical Version:	Director's Cut:

02:56.06
Director's Cut:
Extended shot of the men at Achilles' funeral.
1 sec

02:56.07
Director's Cut:
The Trojans move on. Briseis looks back and sees Troja going up in smoke.
48 sec

02:56.55
Director's Cut:
Shot of Achilles funeral. First the tower, then Achilles with coins on his eyes.
6 sec