The Odyssey | Media Adaptations

  • There have been several film and television productions based wholly or in part on the Odyssey, beginning in 1954 with the Dino De Laurentiis production of Ulisse (released in English as Ulysses in the same year), directed by Mario Camerini and starring Kirk Douglas as Ulysses and Anthony Quinn as Antinoos. In 1963, Pietro Francisi directed the film Ercole sfida Sansone, released in 1965 in the United States as Hercules, Samson, and Ulysses. A 1967 British production of Ulysses,...

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