The Odyssey - Complete Series ( Die Abenteuer des Odysseus ) ( Homer's Odyssey )

The Odyssey - Complete Series (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Die Abenteuer des Odysseus
Alternate Title: Homer's Odyssey
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Emmy Awards
Golden Globes
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Danish ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
Finnish ( Subtitles )
Norwegian ( Subtitles )
Swedish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Sweden ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
176 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1997 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )
Greece ( Italy, Greece )
Italy ( Italy, Greece )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Andrei Konchalovsky

Written By:
Chris Solimine
Andrei Konchalovsky

Actors:
Armand Assante ..... Odysseus
Greta Scacchi ..... Penelope
Isabella Rossellini ..... Athena
Bernadette Peters ..... Circe
Eric Roberts ..... Eurymachus
Irene Papas ..... Anticleia
Jeroen Krabbe ..... King Alcinous
Geraldine Chaplin ..... Eurycleia
Christopher Lee ..... Tiresias
Vanessa Williams ..... Calypso
Nicholas Clay ..... Menelaus
Adoni Anastassopoulos ..... Perimides
Paloma Baeza ..... Melanthe
Ron Cook ..... Eurybates
Reid Asato ..... Cyclops

Synopsis:

Utilizing an exceptional international all-star cast and excellent special effects, Hallmark entertainment and American Zoetrope productions created this fun-filled adaptation of Homer's most-famous epic poem. It was originally broadcast as a four-hour miniseries on the NBC network. The story faithfully chronicles the many adventures of sailor Odysseus (Armand Assante), his colorful crew as they encounter a variety of mythical figures, including Odysseus's spiritual guide Athena (Isabella Rossellini), the seductive Calypso (Vanessa Williams) and the treacherous Eurymachus (Eric Roberts). Highlights include the Trojan Horse (made to original scale and filmed on location in the ruins of Troy) sequence. Much of the miniseries was filmed in Europe and on the Mediterranean, making it a feast for the eye.

This lavish small-screen adaptation of Homer's ancient epic - replete with exotic Maltese and Turkish locations, state-of-the-art special effects, and many bronzed muscles gleaming with sweat-chronicles the voyage home of a Trojan hero, Odysseus King of Ithaca, and includes many more scenes of his faithful, beautiful wife Penelope dodging leering suitors at home than Homer ever composed!

Odysseus endures years of hardship trying to return home to Greece after his victory in the Trojan War.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 06 January, 2016.