Ulysses (1954)
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- 104 mins
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Ulysses
This very expensive Italian-made adaptation of Homer's "The Odyssey" stars Kirk Douglas as seafaring hero Ulysses. The story begins, as ever, with Ulysses leaving his faithful wife Penelope (Silvano Magnano) behind as he goes off to fight in the Trojan Wars. Having the poor taste to set himself above the gods after a stunning military victory, Ulysses is doomed to journey aimlessly across the sea until he can make amends. Along the way, our hero battles a cyclops, resists the fatal singing of the Sirens, and enjoys a brief interlude with pig-fancying enchantress Circe (also played by Silvano Magnano). Years and years later, Ulysses returns to Penelope, where he must meet and master a final challenge. Acceptable enough when first released in 1954, Ulysses pales in comparison to the high-tech, all-star 1997 TV miniseries version of The Odyssey. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of Ulysses:
Kirk Douglas also in Illusion , Diamonds , Town Without Pity , Ace in the Hole , Young Man With a Horn , The Way West
Silvana Mangano also in Teorema , Oedipus Rex , Barabbas , Death in Venice , Ludwig
Jacques Dumesnil also in Napoléon
Daniel Ivernel also in Diary of a Chambermaid , Borsalino & Co. , The Holes
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