L'odissea (1968)

Country of Origin: Italy / Yugoslavia / West Germany
Date(s) of Broadcast: 1968
Number of Seasons: 1
Total Number of Episodes: 8
Average Episode Running Times: 55 mins (also available as: 91 mins (Spanish theatrical version)     109 mins (Italian theatrical version)     370 mins (Italian video / DVD version (on Multimedia San Paolo))     392 mins (Italian DVD version (on ElleU Multimedia))
Length: 2888 metres (Italian theatrical version)
Format: colour     70mm (theatrical version)
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica / Jadran Film / Bavaria Film TV / RAI
Producer: Dino De Laurentiis

SCRIPT
Script: Giampiero Bona, Vittorio Bonicelli, Fabio Carpi, Luciano Codignola, Mario Prosperi, Franco Rossi, Renzo Russo
Poem: Homer
Poem Translated By: Rosa Calzecchi Onesti

DIRECTION
Directors: Franco Rossi, Piero Schivazappa, Mario Bava
1st Assistant Director: Lamberto Bava
Assistant Director: Nello Vanin

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Aldo Giordani

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Giorgio Serralonga

MUSIC
Music: Carlo Rustichelli

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Costume Designer: Dario Cecchi

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Mario Bava, Carlo Rambaldi

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Luciano Ricceri

LOCATIONS
Studio: Dino De Laurentiis Cinematografica Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy
Locations: Yugoslavia

CAST
Bekim Fehmiu (Ulysses / Odysseus)
Irene Papas (Penelope)
Michèle Breton (Athena)
Scilla Gabel (Helen)
Fausto Tozzi (Menelaus)
Renaud Verley (Telemachus)
Marina Berti (Arete)
Samson Burke (Polyphemus)
Roy Purcell (Alcinous)
Stefanella Giovannini (Cassandra)
Karl-Otto Alberty (Eurymachus)
Maurizio Tocchi (Leocritus)
Barbara Gregorini (real name: Barbara Bach) (Nausicaa)
Vladimir Leib (Aeolus)
Duje Novakovic (Elpenor)
Petar Buntic (Philoetius)
Juliette Mayniel (Circe)
Mimmo Palmara (Achilles)
Giulio Donnini (Tiresias)
Bianca Maria Doria (Anticlia)
Rolf Boysen (Agamemnon)
Marcella Valeri (Euryclia)
Constantin Nepo (Antinous)
Ilija Ivezic (Ctesippus)
Laura Nucci (Antinous' mother)
Franco Balducci
Kyra Bester (Calypso)
Husein Cokic (Eumaeus)
Sergio Ferrero (Peisistratos)
Enzo Fiermonte (Demodocus)
Vojislav Govedarica (Philoctetes)
Gérard Herter (Laocoon)
Peter Hinwood (Hermes)
Franco Indovina
Sime Jagarinac
Branko Kovacic (Laertes)
Nona Medici (Iphthime)
Tiberio Mitri
Corrado Monteforte (Amphinomus)
Ada Morotti (Cyane)
Luciano Rossi (Theoclymenus)
Hrvoje Svob (Phemius)
Giulio Tomei (Priam)
Jaspar von Oertzen (Nestor)

AVAILABILITY

Canada
Television Distributors: TV Ontario

France
Television Distributors: ORTF

Italy
Television Distributors: RAI
Theatrical Distributors: Paramount Pictures
Video Distributors: ElleU Multimedia; Multimedia San Paolo S.r.l.
DVD Distributors: ElleU Multimedia; Multimedia San Paolo S.r.l.

Spain
Theatrical Distributors: Enrique Viñals Vicent

USA
Television Distributors: CBS Television
Theatrical Distributors: Western International

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

USA
Rating: GP

TIMELINE

1967
July
1: Italy - filming begins

December
19: Italy - filming ends

1968
March
24: Italy - television broadcasts begin

1969
August
13: Italy - theatrical release

October
19: West Germany - television broadcasts begin

1971
August
16: Spain - theatrical release

1972
August
6: Netherlands - television broadcasts begin

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

The Adventures of Ulysses
Avanture odiseja - Croatian title
Las aventuras de Ulises - Spanish theatrical title
Le avventure di Ulisse - Italian theatrical title
Odissea - Italian video title
Die Odyssee - West German title
L'odyssée - French title

KEYWORDS

mythology

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008