I have to be honest to say that I didn't understand this drama very well since I don't speak Italian, but I already knew the story of Odyssius, so I could follow the story purely from the visuals.Even then, this was an entertaining piece with stunningly beautiful scenes, deeply dramatic settings amongst the characters, and compelling story telling.
I have never before written a review simply confirming the prior reviews -- seems a duplication -- but there is always a first time for everything. The year was 1968.
Best Homer adaptation available on film. Period.
The Odyssey as a book is a masterpiece of world literature by itself. Sadly enough, every movie version of Homers epic, hardly make any impression on me, and from comments below I can see I'm not the only one.
I agree with all the comments above that this 8 part miniseries is the best, by far, among all Odysee TV/ Film material made so far. Story intensity, poetic representation, climax, all are second to none.
First of all Odyssey was NOT written by the Greek poet Homer (the one who wrote the Iliad, reproduced in the film Troy)). The structure and the style of the two poems is completely different (Odyssey is discontinuous and full of flash backs, while Iliad is sequential), and the two works are dated at least 50 years apart.
...then stumbling upon it by pure chance on Youtube?
The First time I saw this TV serie I was in prima superiore (I'm Italian) (now i'm in 2°) my literature professor let us see a Odissey film . Evento I red the band Mario Bava I was Galles in love.
I've been trying to find out about this series for ages! Thank you, IMDb!
