The Odyssey (1997)
The Odyssey (1997)
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Plot.
In this adaptation of Homer's timeless epic, Armand Assante stars as Odysseus, the warrior King of the mythical island of Ithaca, who must endure a decade long quest to reach home after the Trojan war, overcoming savage monsters, powerful forces of nature, and seductive nymphs, and he must outsmart them all, with all the guile and intellect he can muster.
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Cast & Crew.
Armand Assante
Odysseus
Greta Scacchi
Penelope
Isabella Rossellini
Athena
Bernadette Peters
Circe
Eric Roberts
Eurymachus
Irene Papas
Anticleia
Jeroen Krabbé
King Alcinous
Geraldine Chaplin
Eurycleia
Christopher Lee
Tiresias
Vanessa Williams
Calypso
Nicholas Clay
Menelaus
Adoni Anastassopoulos
Perimedes
Paloma Baeza
Melanthe
Ron Cook
Eurybates
Reid Asato
Cyclops
Josh Maguire
Young Telemachus
Roger Ashton-Griffiths
Polites
Miles Anderson
Poseidon
Pat Kelman
Elatus
Homer
Creator / Original Story
Andrei Konchalovsky
Creator / Director / Teleplay
Dyson Lovell
Producer
Roger Hall
Production Design
Fred Fuchs
Executive Producer
Media.
Details.
Release DateMay 18, 1997
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes2
Running Time2h 56m
Content RatingTV-14
Genres
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This TV Show Is About.
seduction
mythology
greek mythology
miniseries
ancient greece
voyage
Miniseries
epic
battlefield
mythical
mythical fantasy
historical fantasy
classical world
hack & slash
god
Wiki.
The Odyssey is a 1997 American mythology–adventure television miniseries based on the ancient Greek epic poem by Homer, the Odyssey. Directed by Andrei Konchalovsky and co-produced by Hallmark Entertainment and American Zoetrope, the miniseries aired in two parts beginning on May 18, 1997, on NBC. It was filmed in Malta, Turkey, parts of England and many other places around the Mediterranean, where the story takes place. The cast includes Armand Assante, Greta Scacchi, Irene Papas, Isabella Rossellini, Bernadette Peters, Eric Roberts, Geraldine Chaplin, Jeroen Krabbé, Christopher Lee and Vanessa Williams.
At the 49th Primetime Emmy Awards the series won the award for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries or Special.
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