Ulysses' Gaze

Ulysses' Gaze (1995)

Το βλέμμα του Οδυσσέα

An exiled filmmaker finally returns to his home country where former mysteries and afflictions of his early life come back to haunt him once more.

Date of release
1995-10-12
TMDB
7.5 / 10 (135)
Runtime
2h 49m
Genres
Drama, History, War
Director
Theo Angelopoulos

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Odyssey
  • Awards: 2 · Nominations: 2. Including: Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix; European Film Academy Critics Award

Ulysses' Gaze is a 1995 internationally co-produced war drama film directed by Theo Angelopoulos, loosely based on Homer's epic poem Odyssey, and starring Harvey Keitel, Maia Morgenstern and Erland Josephson.

Production

Ulysses' Gaze is part of Angelopoulos' trilogy on borders, his first film made outside of Greece. The film shown at the beginning was inspired by a screening of Angelopoulos' earlier The Suspended Step of the Stork.

The dialog played over loudspeakers in the town square was spoken by Marcello Mastroianni. Gian Maria Volonté died during filming, and was replaced by Erland Josephson. The film is dedicated to Volonté's memory.

Eleni Karaindrou composed the film score, which was released through ECM in 1995.

Read on Wikipedia · Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Data from Wikidata.

Recommended