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Released in May 1997, the two-part television miniseries (The Odyssey) remains one of the most celebrated screen adaptations of Homer’s ancient Greek epic. Directed by Andrei Konchalovsky and co-produced by Francis Ford Coppola's American Zoetrope and Hallmark Entertainment, the production brought the Bronze Age to life with a star-studded international cast and groundbreaking practical effects. A Stellar International Cast

Odysseus’ journey begins with the (a lost battle), then the Lotus Eaters (where his men lose their will to return). The most famous sequence is the Cyclops episode: Assante’s Odysseus cleverly introduces himself as "Nobody," blinds Polyphemus (a towering, grotesque puppet/animatronic), and then, in a moment of fatal hubris, reveals his true name—earning Poseidon’s eternal wrath. l odissea 1997

The film follows the arduous 10-year journey of King Odysseus of Ithaca (played by Armand Assante) as he attempts to return home to his wife, Penelope (Greta Scacchi), and son, Telemachus, following the end of the Trojan War. Released in May 1997, the two-part television miniseries

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Shot by Sergei Kozlov, the miniseries uses a desaturated color palette, giving the Mediterranean an almost post-apocalyptic bleakness. The sea is often gray and churning, not azure blue. The most famous sequence is the Cyclops episode: