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L'Odissea was a European TV miniseries broadcast on RAI in 1968 and based on Homer's Odyssey. An Italian, Yugoslavian, German and French coproduction, it was directed by Franco Rossi, assisted by Piero Schivazappa and Mario Bava; the cast included Bekim Fehmiu as Ulysses and Irene Papas as Penelope, Samson Burke as the Cyclops, as well as Barbara Bach as Nausicaa, and Gerard Herter. The movie is considered by several critics a masterpiece representation of the ancient world.
Original Release
03/24/1968
Cast
Name | Character |
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Bekim Fehmiu | Ulisse |
Carlo Alighiero | Italian Narrator |
Leonard Steckel | Narrator (German version) |
Constantin Andrieu | Antinoo |
Irene Papas | Penelope |
Renaud Verley | Telemaco |
Barbara Bach | Nausicaa |
Marina Berti | Arete |
Roy Purcell | Alcinoo |
Marcella Valeri | Euriclea |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | Episode #1.1 | Sunday, 24 March 1968 |
2 | Episode #1.2 | Sunday, 31 March 1968 |
3 | Episode #1.3 | Sunday, 07 April 1968 |
4 | Episode #1.4 | Sunday, 14 April 1968 |
5 | Episode #1.5 | Sunday, 21 April 1968 |
6 | Episode #1.6 | Sunday, 28 April 1968 |
7 | Episode #1.7 | Saturday, 04 May 1968 |
8 | Episode #1.8 | Sunday, 05 May 1968 |
Directors
Franco Rossi, Mario Bava, Piero Schivazappa
Writers
Giampiero Bona, Mario Prosperi, Renzo Rosso, Homer, Fabio Carpi, Luciano Codignola, Vittorio Bonicelli
Cast
Name | Character |
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Bekim Fehmiu | Ulisse |
Carlo Alighiero | Italian Narrator |
Leonard Steckel | Narrator (German version) |
Constantin Andrieu | Antinoo |
Irene Papas | Penelope |
Renaud Verley | Telemaco |
Barbara Bach | Nausicaa |
Marina Berti | Arete |
Roy Purcell | Alcinoo |
Marcella Valeri | Euriclea |
Karl-Otto Alberty | Eurimaco |
Constantin Nepo | Antinoo |
Ivica Pajer | Euriloco |
Petar Buntic | Filettore / Filetore |
Maurizio Tocchi | Leocrito |
Andrea Saric | Melanto |
Michèle Breton | Atena |
Duje Novakovic | Elpenore |
Scilla Gabel | Elena |
Samson Burke | Polifemo |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Vittorio Bonicelli | Executive Producer |
Dino De Laurentiis | Producer |