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  • The Odyssey Part II (Season 1, Episode 2)
  • PG-13
    TV Episode | 92 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

The Odyssey

Part II (Season 1, Episode 2)
PG-13
TV Episode | 92 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

The greatest epic of the ancient world, Homer's Odyssey, is now magnificently recreated for television. Homer's tale recounts the journey of Odysseus, king of Ithaca & mastermind of the Greek victory in the Trojan war. Odysseus, known as a...See moreThe greatest epic of the ancient world, Homer's Odyssey, is now magnificently recreated for television. Homer's tale recounts the journey of Odysseus, king of Ithaca & mastermind of the Greek victory in the Trojan war. Odysseus, known as a man of exceptional cunning & ingenuity, leaves his wife, Penelope & infant son, Telemachus, for what becomes a ten-year siege of the distant city of Troy. Odysseus forms the famous plan to infiltrate the city with a giant wooden horse filled with Greek soldiers & Troy is taken. That night, in the drunken revelry of victory, Odysseus blasphemes the gods, boasting that his own ingenuity, not the help & intervention of the gods brought this glory. Poseidon, god of the sea, is deeply offended & lays on Odysseus a curse: he will never reach home again. The stage is set for the legendary travails of Odysseus and his men. They land on an island looking for food & fresh water & instead are imprisoned by Polyphemous, a brutal man-eating Cyclops. Odysseus manages to free his men, but then they meet Circe and the Sirens; the monsters Scylla and Charybdis; and the irresistible sea nymph, Calypso. Eventually through his protector Athena, Odysseus reaches his home on the island of Ithaca. Ten years have passed & a company of suitors is seeking the hand of Penelope & the kingdom of her lost husband. For ten years she has put them off, refusing to give up on the chance that Odysseus will return. In the meantime, they feast and cavort, laying waste to Odysseus' estate as they form plots to kill Telemachus, his heir. Odysseus, disguised with the help of Athena, plots his revenge. With Telemachus & a few loyal servants, he defeats the treacherous suitors. Finally the family is reunited. Odysseus has learned that there is a difference between cunning and wisdom, and that the latter is key to life and happiness. See less
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Director
Andrey Konchalovskiy (as Andrei Konchalovsky)
Writers
Andrey Konchalovskiy (teleplay) (as Andrei Konchalovsky) | Chris Solimine (teleplay) | Homer (epic poem)
Producer
Composer
Eduard Artemyev (as Edward Artemyev)
Cinematographer
Editor
Production Designer
Status
Edit Released
Updated May 19, 1997

Release date
May 19, 1997 (United States)

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Cast

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42 cast members
Name Known for
Armand Assante
Odysseus Odysseus   See fewer
Greta Scacchi
Penelope Penelope   See fewer
Eric Roberts
Eurymachus Eurymachus   See fewer
Irene Papas
Anticleia Anticleia   See fewer
Jeroen Krabbé
King Alcinous (as Jeroen Krabbe) King Alcinous (as Jeroen Krabbe)   See fewer
Geraldine Chaplin
Eurycleia Eurycleia   See fewer
Christopher Lee
Tiresias Tiresias   See fewer
Vanessa Williams
Calypso Calypso   See fewer
Nicholas Clay
Menelaus Menelaus   See fewer
Adoni Anastassopoulos
Perimedes (as Adoni Anastasse) Perimedes (as Adoni Anastasse)   See fewer
Paloma Baeza
Melanthe Melanthe   See fewer
Ron Cook
Eurybates Eurybates   See fewer
Reid Asato
Cyclops Cyclops   See fewer
Mark Hill
Orsilicus Orsilicus   See fewer
Pat Kelman
Elatus Elatus   See fewer
Vincenzo Nicoli
Antinous Antinous   See fewer
Sally Plumb
Queen Alcinous Queen Alcinous   See fewer
Katie Carr
Nausicaa Nausicaa   See fewer
Marius Combo
Agelaus Agelaus   See fewer
Alan Cox
Elpener Elpener   See fewer
William Houston
Anticlus Anticlus   See fewer
Oded Levy
Leocritus Leocritus   See fewer
Peter Page
Philotus Philotus   See fewer
Alan Stenson
Telemachus Telemachus   See fewer
Stewart Scudamore
Antiphus (as a different name) Antiphus (as a different name)   See fewer
Tony Vogel
Eumaeus Eumaeus   See fewer
Michael Tezcan
Eurylochos Eurylochos   See fewer
Richard Truett
Achilles Achilles   See fewer
Yorgo Voyagis
Agamemnon Agamemnon   See fewer
Derek Lea
Hector Hector   See fewer
Frederick Stuart
Hermes (as Freddy Douglas) Hermes (as Freddy Douglas)   See fewer
Miles Anderson
Poseidon Poseidon   See fewer
Vernon Dobtcheff
Aegyptius Aegyptius   See fewer
Josh Maguire
Young Telemachus Young Telemachus   See fewer
Yuvrajsinh Zala
Young Villager (as Yuvraj Zala) Young Villager (as Yuvraj Zala)   See fewer
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