L'Odissea (1968)

Original title

Odissea

Directed by

Franco Rossi

Genre

fantasy television series, adventure television series

Country

West Germany, France, Italy

Length

1 season, 8 episodes

Rating

8.8 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a TV miniseries adaptation of Homer's ancient Greek epic. It follows the hero Odysseus on his long and troubled journey home after the Trojan War.

epicmythologicalslow-paceddramaticvisualatmosphericclassicalserious

What happens

The Odyssey (Italian: L'Odissea) is an eight-episode European 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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