Die Fahrten des Odysseus (1954)
Der Trick mit dem hölzernen Pferd hat der Stadt Troja den Untergang beschert. Doch die Götter zürnen dem listenreichen Odysseus. Er und seine Gefährten werden dazu verdammt, über die Weltmeere zu irren. Sie kämpfen gegen einen einäugigen Zyklopen, widerstehen den Zauberkünsten der Zirze und dem betörenden Gesang der Sirenen. Odysseus steigt bis in die Unterwelt hinab, ehe er in seine Heimat Ithaka zurückkehren darf. Und wieder ersinnt er eine List: Als Bettler verkleidet, begibt er sich in den Palast. Penelope veranstaltet unter den Freiern einen Wettkampf im Bogenschießen. Ihre Liebe soll demjenigen gehören, dem es gelingt, den Bogen zu spannen und einen Pfeil durch die Öhren von 12 Äxten zu schiessen. Als einzigem gelingt Odysseus der herkulische Kraftakt...
Der Regisseur:
Mario Camerini
Die Autor:
Mario Camerini, Ivo Perilli, Ennio De Concini, Hugh Gray, Franco Brusati, Ben Hecht, Irwin Shaw.
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Kirk Douglas as Ulysses |
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Silvana Mangano as Circe / Penelope |
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Anthony Quinn as Antinoos |
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Rossana Podestà as Nausicaa |
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Jacques Dumesnil as Alicinous |
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Daniel Ivernel as Eurylochus |
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Sylvie as Euriclea |
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Franco Interlenghi as Telemachus |
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Elena Zareschi as Cassandra |
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Evi Maltagliati as Anticlea |
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Ludmilla Dudarova as Arete |
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Tania Weber as Eucalicanto |
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Piero Lulli as Achilles |
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Ferruccio Stagni as Mentor |
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Alessandro Fersen as Diomede |
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Oscar Andriani as Calops |
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Umberto Silvestri as Polyphemus / Krakos |
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Gualtiero Tumiati as Laerte |
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Teresa Pellati as Melantho |
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Mario Feliciani as Eurimaco |
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Michele Riccardini as Leodes |
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Umberto Alivernini as Ulysses Crew Member (uncredited) |
| Directing | Mario Camerini | Director |
| Writing | Mario Camerini | Screenplay |
| Production | Bruno Todini | Line Producer |
| Camera | Bob Kindred | Assistant Camera |
| Directing | Guidarino Guidi | First Assistant Director |
| Writing | Ivo Perilli | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Giulio Coltellacci | Costume Design |
| Directing | Otto Pellegrini | First Assistant Director |
| Writing | Ennio De Concini | Screenplay |
| Sound | Mario Morigi | Sound |
| Camera | Mario Parapetti | Camera Operator |
| Production | Ralph B. Serpe | Unit Manager |
| Writing | Hugh Gray | Screenplay |
| Writing | Franco Brusati | Screenplay |
| Directing | Serge Vallin | First Assistant Director |
| Sound | Franco Ferrara | Conductor |
| Sound | Alessandro Cicognini | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Fernando Cinquini | Unit Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Goffredo Rocchetti | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | Ben Hecht | Screenplay |
| Writing | Irwin Shaw | Screenplay |
| Sound | Mario Amari | Sound |
| Directing | Giovannella Zannoni | Script Supervisor |
| Editing | Tatiana Casini Morigi | Assistant Editor |
| Crew | Eugen Schüfftan | Special Effects |
| Editing | Leo Catozzo | Editor |
| Production | Carlo Ponti | Producer |
| Production | Dino De Laurentiis | Producer |
| Camera | Harold Rosson | Director of Photography |
| Art | Flavio Mogherini | Production Design |
| Art | Andrea A. Tomassi | Set Decoration |
| Writing | Homer | Story |