A movie adaptation of Homer's second epic, that depicts Ulysses' efforts to return to his home after the end of ten years of war.A movie adaptation of Homer's second epic, that depicts Ulysses' efforts to return to his home after the end of ten years of war.A movie adaptation of Homer's second epic, that depicts Ulysses' efforts to return to his home after the end of ten years of war.
- Alicinous
- (as Jacques Dusmenil)
- Diomede
- (as Alessandro Ferzen)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaExteriors of this movie were filmed on the Mediterranean coasts and islands, described in Homer's Odyssey.Filming also was to take place on the Greek island of Ithaca, but was canceled because of an earthquake.
- GoofsWhen Ulysses and his men crush the grapes to make wine for Poliphemus, Ulysses gives the juice directly to him. It hasn't had time to ferment. So, Poliphemus is getting drunk from just grape juice.
- Quotes
Circe: What are you doing, Ulysses? Do you really think you can leave me?
Ulysses: I left you a long time ago. The day my men died in the storm.
Circe: And do you think your journey will last any longer than theirs?
Ulysses: You will not hold me here.
Circe: Listen to me! I shall give you something that will make you forget all your petty dreams. Your miserable kingdom. Your wife who grows old. Remain, and this very night, Olympus shall welcome a new god: Ulysses!
Ulysses: Immortal?
Circe: This is my gift - the greatest gift that has ever been offered to a man!
Ulysses: [after a pause] No. There are greater gifts. To be born and to die, and in between to live like a man.
Circe: To live like a man? Filled with petty fears?
Ulysses: Only the fearful can know the value of courage.
Circe: And old age? That fool flesh will rot one day! And at the end, nothing but death. This is the terrible heritage of man!
Ulysses: I accept that inheritance. I no longer see myself falling in battle or in the fury of a storm. It would take much less. A puff of cool air... A sudden chill one night... But even so, this - this vulnerable mass of fears has dared to battle with a god - and has not yet been defeated! If it should be that one day men shall speak of me, I hope they say with pride that I was one of them.
Circe: Their pride will not serve to warm you in the kingdom of darkness. I will bring centuries of light!
Ulysses: I do not think it will sadden me too much to close my eyes, when the time comes.
- ConnectionsEdited into Catalogue of Ships (2008)
My teacher had assigned Homer's works for required reading, but when the entire class flunked the test afterwards, she knew something was wrong. No one understood what had happened in the story! She tried explaining it and cited passages to help our little brains connect the archaic language to what she was saying, but again, it went over our heads. Finally, she knew there was only one way for us to learn Odyssey: she showed us the movie.
The second time around-once I remembered I'd seen the film before-I was taken on a very enjoyable trip down Memory Lane. "There's the giant! There are the sirens! The pigs!" My review, as you can probably tell, is a little colored by my past. I have no idea how much I would have liked or disliked Ulysses if I'd seen it for the first time last month. You might turn it off and think it's ridiculous, or you might think it's a clear, understandable adaptation of a very dense classic poem. I consider this movie a sentimental favorite, like the first version of The Nutcracker my teacher showed the class in fourth grade. Plus, for half the movie, Kirk Douglas practically prances around in his underwear, so that's always fun.
- HotToastyRag
- Jan 22, 2018
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- Also known as
- Odyssey
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- Budget
- $500,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1