TV series
The Odyssey
Overview
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.
Details
- First air date
- 1997-05-18
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 2 episodes
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Network
- CTV, NBC
- Production
- American Zoetrope, Hallmark Entertainment, Beta Film, KirchMedia, Mediaset, Panfilm, Remote Camera Systems, Pro7
- Country
- ZA, TR, DE, IT, US, GB
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Armand Assante as Odysseus
- Greta Scacchi as Penelope
- Isabella Rossellini as Athena
- Bernadette Peters as Circe
- Eric Roberts as Eurymachus
- Irene Papas as Anticleia
- Jeroen Krabbé as King Alcinous
- Geraldine Chaplin as Eurycleia
- Vanessa Williams as Calypso
- Christopher Lee as Tiresias
- Nicholas Clay as Menelaus
- Adoni Anastassopoulos as Perimedes
Creators and crew
- Andrei Konchalovsky - Creator
- Robert Halmi Sr. - Executive Producer
- Fred Fuchs - Executive Producer
- Francis Ford Coppola - Executive Producer
- Nicholas Meyer - Executive Producer
- Dyson Lovell - Producer
Episodes
Episode 1: Part 1
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!
Episode 2: Part 2
The thrilling conclusion to The Odessey. Will Odysseus make it back to reclaim his throne and his beautiful wife, Penelope?
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