The Odyssey Movies & Media Adaptations

The Odyssey Media Adaptations

There have been several film and television productions based wholly or in part on the Odyssey, beginning in 1954 with the Dino De Laurentiis production of Ulisse (released in English as Ulysses in the same year), directed by Mario Camerini and starring Kirk Douglas as Ulysses and Anthony Quinn as Antinoos in 1963, Pietro Francisi directed the film Ercole sfida Sansone, released in 1965 in the United States as Hercules, Samson, and Ulyssesa 1967 British production of Ulysses, based on the 1922 James Joyce novel which was itself based in part on the Odyssey, starred Martin Dempsey and Barbara Jefford Radio televisione Italiana (RTI) produced a television version of the poem in 1969, directed by Mario Bara and Franco Rossi NBC television produced a two-part miniseries of the epic in May of 1997, starring Armand Assante, Isabella Rosselini, Vanessa Williams, and Irene Pappas.

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