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Writers:
Franco Brusati (writer)
Mario Camerini (writer)
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Contact:
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Release Date:
October 1955 (USA) more
Genre:
Adventure more
Tagline:
One of the greatest adventures of world literature! Packed with fury...excitement...cunning and tempestuous love! more
Plot:
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. | add synopsis
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
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User Comments:
OK As Entertainment But Not for Mythology Purists more

Cast

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Kirk Douglas ... Ulysses
Silvana Mangano ... Circe / Penelope

Anthony Quinn ... Antinoos
Rossana Podestà ... Nausicaa
Jacques Dumesnil ... Alicinous
Daniel Ivernel ... Euriloco
Sylvie ... Euriclea
Franco Interlenghi ... Telemachus
Elena Zareschi ... Cassandra
Evi Maltagliati ... Anticlea
Ludmilla Dudarova ... Arete
Tania Weber ... Eucalicanto
Piero Lulli ... Achille
Ferruccio Stagni ... Mentor
Alessandro Fersen ... Diomede (as Alessandro Ferzen)
Oscar Andriani ... Calops
Umberto Silvestri ... Polifemo / Krakos
Gualtiero Tumiati ... Laerte
Teresa Pellati ... Melanto
Mario Feliciani ... Eurimaco
Michele Riccardini ... Leodes
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Andrea Aureli ... (uncredited)
Andrea Bosic ... Agamemnon (uncredited)
Walter Brandi ... (uncredited)
Lucia Brusco ... (uncredited)
Daniele Dentice ... (uncredited)
Giovanni Di Benedetto ... (uncredited)
Mirella Di Lauri ... (uncredited)
Jenny Folchi ... (uncredited)
Piero Ghione ... (uncredited)
Sergio Giovannucci ... (uncredited)
Ettore Jannetti ... (uncredited)
Victor Ledda ... (uncredited)
Alberto Lupo ... (uncredited)
Enzo Maggio ... (uncredited)
Renato Malavasi ... (uncredited)
Piero Mastrocinque ... (uncredited)
Carlo Mazzoni ... (uncredited)
Vera Molnar ... Girl (uncredited)
Claudio Morgan ... (uncredited)
Corrado Nardi ... (uncredited)
Piero Pastore ... Leocrito (uncredited)
Massimo Pietrobon ... (uncredited)
Aldo Pini ... Polites (uncredited)
Mimmo Poli ... (uncredited)
Roberto Rai ... (uncredited)
Amerigo Santarelli ... (uncredited)
Goliarda Sapienza ... (uncredited)
Gino Scotti ... (uncredited)
Benito Stefanelli ... (uncredited)
Edoardo Toniolo ... (uncredited)
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Directed by
Mario Camerini 
Mario Bava (uncredited)
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Franco Brusati  writer
Mario Camerini  writer
Ennio De Concini  writer
Hugh Gray  writer
Ben Hecht  writer
Homer  poem
Ivo Perilli  writer
Irwin Shaw  writer

Produced by
Dino De Laurentiis .... producer
Carlo Ponti .... producer
 
Original Music by
Alessandro Cicognini 
 
Cinematography by
Harold Rosson 
 
Film Editing by
Leo Cattozzo 
 
Production Design by
Flavio Mogherini 
 
Set Decoration by
Andrea A. Tomassi 
 
Costume Design by
Giulio Coltellacci 
Mme. Gres 
 
Makeup Department
Goffredo Rocchetti .... makeup artist
Eugen Schüfftan .... makeup artist
 
Production Management
Fernando Cinquini .... production supervisor
Ralph Serpe .... production supervisor
Bruno Todini .... general manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ottorino Franco Bertolini .... assistant director (as Ottorino Bertolini)
Guidarino Guidi .... assistant director
Serge Vallin .... assistant director
 
Art Department
Italo Tomassi .... manager of art department (uncredited)
 
Sound Department
Mario Amari .... sound mixer
Mario Morigi .... sound engineer
 
Special Effects by
Eugen Schüfftan .... special effects
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Mario Parapetti .... camera operator
 
Editorial Department
John Bridge .... color consultant
Tatiana Casini Morigi .... assistant editor (as Tatiana Casini)
 
Music Department
Franco Ferrara .... musical director
 
Other crew
Lidia Simoneschi .... voice dubbing: Silvana Mangano
Giovannella Zannoni .... script supervisor
Georg Wilhelm Pabst .... preparatory phases (uncredited)
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Loves and Adventures of Ulysses (UK) (poster title)
Ulysses (USA)
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Runtime:
Germany:100 min | USA:94 min | Argentina:116 min | Italy:117 min
Country:
Italy
Language:
Italian
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Company:
Lux Film more

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Continuity: Ulysses, in beggar's disguise, is granted permission to draw the bow. As he takes it and moves to another spot to string it, a metal wristband suddenly materializes on his left arm where a few seconds before there was none. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in "The Colgate Comedy Hour: (#5.37)" (1955) more

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5 out of 7 people found the following comment useful:-
OK As Entertainment But Not for Mythology Purists, 3 January 2006
4/10
Author: bebop63-1 from Australia

As far as entertainment goes, this movie would rate an OK if there's nothing else better to watch on TV on a week night. But for mythology buffs like me, it would rate as so-so if not below average. It runs too short a time to portray Ulysses as the clever & resourceful man that he is supposed to be, and the role of the gods in his journeys, especially Athena his patron goddess is virtually non-existent. Also, Penelope (Silvana Mangano)should have been portrayed as a woman of strong character, steadfast in her belief that Ulysses might yet return & resolute in her refusal to give in to pressure by the suitors to choose a husband among them, not as a drama queen complete w/hysterics & crying. Telemachus is merely a babbling wimp in this movie & Nausicaa unfortunately depicted as a silly air-headed brat given to childish whims & fantasies. It's pretty obvious that whoever wrote the script based the dialogue on a comics or cartoon adaptation of Homer's Odyssey without actually having read the original text.

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