Ulysses
History's Greatest Epic...On the Screen at Last!
Country
Production
Budget
$500 000
Revenue
$2 200 000
Director
Actors
Kirk Douglas, Silvana Mangano, Anthony Quinn, Rossana Podestà, Jacques Dumesnil, Daniel Ivernel, Sylvie, Franco Interlenghi, Elena Zareschi, Evi Maltagliati
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Operator
Composer
Alessandro Cicognini
Artist
Flavio Mogherini
Audition
Editing
Leo Catozzo
All team (31)
All team (31)
Short description
A retelling of Homer's The Odyssey, focusing on Ulysses's ten-year journey home to Ithaca following the Trojan War, where he faces various mythical challenges while his wife Penelope fends off suitors.
What's left behind the scenes
- The mini-series was originally planned to be directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst, but at the very last moment he refused to participate in the project, and it was ultimately shot by three directors, including Mario Bava.
- It ranks 90th in attendance among foreign films in Soviet cinema distribution.
- Filming took place at Dino De Laurentiis Studios in Rome.
- The film is based on Homer's "Odyssey".
- Filming took place at Dino De Laurentiis' studio in Rome.
- Filming took place on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea and on the islands described by Homer. Filming of some scenes was also planned on the Greek island of Ithaca, Odysseus's homeland, but these plans were thwarted by an earthquake.
- The limbs of the mechanical cyclopes (their height exceeded 10 meters) were moved thanks to ropes and blacksmith's bellows. The armor and weapons were borrowed from museums in Rome, Naples, and Athens by the creators of the series.
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