"History's Greatest Epic...On the Screen at Last!"

1954

1h 40m

6.5(200 votes)

Adventure

Fantasy

Overview

A movie adaptation of Homer's second epic, that talks about Ulysses' efforts to return to his home after the end of ten years of war.

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Cast & Crew

21 members

Acting

Kirk Douglas

Ulysses

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Silvana Mangano

Circe / Penelope

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Anthony Quinn

Antinoos

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Rossana Podestà

Nausicaa

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Jacques Dumesnil

Alicinous

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Daniel Ivernel

Eurylochus

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Sylvie

Euriclea

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Franco Interlenghi

Telemachus

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Elena Zareschi

Cassandra

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Evi Maltagliati

Anticlea

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Ludmilla Dudarova

Arete

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Tania Weber

Eucalicanto

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Piero Lulli

Achilles

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Ferruccio Stagni

Mentor

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Alessandro Fersen

Diomede

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Oscar Andriani

Calops

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Umberto Silvestri

Polyphemus / Krakos

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Gualtiero Tumiati

Laerte

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Teresa Pellati

Melantho

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Mario Feliciani

Eurimaco

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Michele Riccardini

Leodes

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