The Odyssey

The Odyssey

Ended First aired 18/May/1997 ZA English 1 season(s) 2 episode(s)
Action & AdventureDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy
Warrior Odysseus leaves his idyllic life in the kingdom of Ithaca to fight in the Trojan War. Following victory, he now must endure a lengthy, decade-long return journey, and with all his wits, overcome deadly monsters, powerful forces of nature, seductive enchantresses, and even journey into the bowels of the Underworld.
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Season 1 · Miniseries
2 episode(s) · Air date: 18/May/1997
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Air date: 18/May/1997 · Runtime: 88 min
Summary

This lavish small-screen adaptation of Homer's ancient epic--replete with exotic Maltese and Turkish locations, state-of-the-art special effects, and many bronzed muscles gleaming with sweat--chronicles the voyage home of a Trojan hero, Odysseus King of Ithaca, and includes many more scenes of his faithful, beautiful wife Penelope dodging leering suitors at home than Homer ever composed!

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This lavish small-screen adaptation of Homer's ancient epic--replete with exotic Maltese and Turkish locations, state-of-the-art special effects, and many bronzed muscles gleaming with sweat--chronicles the voyage home of a Trojan hero, Odysseus King of Ithaca, and includes many more scenes of his faithful, beautiful wife Penelope dodging leering suitors at home than Homer ever composed!

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Armand Assante
Armand Assante
Odysseus
Greta Scacchi
Greta Scacchi
Penelope
Isabella Rossellini
Isabella Rossellini
Athena
Bernadette Peters
Bernadette Peters
Circe
Eric Roberts
Eric Roberts
Eurymachus
Irene Papas
Irene Papas
Anticleia
Jeroen Krabbé
Jeroen Krabbé
King Alcinous
Geraldine Chaplin
Geraldine Chaplin
Eurycleia
Vanessa Williams
Vanessa Williams
Calypso
Christopher Lee
Christopher Lee
Tiresias
Nicholas Clay
Nicholas Clay
Menelaus
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Adoni Anastassopoulos
Perimedes
Paloma Baeza
Paloma Baeza
Melanthe
Ron Cook
Ron Cook
Eurybates
Reid Asato
Reid Asato
Cyclops
William Houston
William Houston
Anticlus
Josh Maguire
Josh Maguire
Young Telemachus
Roger Ashton-Griffiths
Roger Ashton-Griffiths
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Roger Hall
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Karen Brookes
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John King
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Sergei Kozlov
Sergei Kozlov
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Charles Knode
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Jeremy Woodhead
Jeremy Woodhead
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Andrei Konchalovsky
Andrei Konchalovsky
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Michael Ellis
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Chuck Finch
Gaffer
Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola
Executive Producer
Fred Fuchs
Fred Fuchs
Executive Producer
Nicholas Meyer
Nicholas Meyer
Executive Producer

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