The Odyssey

The Odyssey (1969)

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After fighting in the Trojan War, Odysseus spends years trying to return home to Ithaca. [Theatrical version of the 1968 mini-series.]

Date of release
1969-08-13
TMDB
7.6 / 10 (33)
Runtime
1h 50m
Genres
Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, War
Director
Franco Rossi, Piero Schivazappa, Mario Bava

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Odyssey

The Odyssey is an eight-episode Italian TV miniseries broadcast on RAI in 1968 and based on Homer's Odyssey. It is a Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française coproduction, it was directed by Franco Rossi, assisted by Piero Schivazappa and Mario Bava; the cast includes Bekim Fehmiu as Odysseus and Irene Papas as Penelope, Samson Burke as the Cyclops, as well as Barbara Bach as Nausicaa, and Gérard Herter.

Production

The miniseries was produced principally for broadcasting on the state televisions of Italy, Germany and France. There are 8 episodes in the original version, running a total of 446 minutes. Each episode is preceded by an introduction in which poet Giuseppe Ungaretti read some verses of the original poem.

The screenplay was written by a team of six.

Special effects were designed by Mario Bava (who outright directed the Polyphemus episode) and Carlo Rambaldi.

The exteriors were shot entirely in Yugoslavia, which offered a scenery that was similar to the lands of Ancient Greece.

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