Ulysse (1954)
Ulysse, roi d'Ithaque, est déjà parti depuis longtemps pour participer au siège de Troie. Après la prise de la cité, son voyage de retour par la mer va être retardé par de nombreux dangers comme sa rencontre avec le cyclope Polyphème, celle de la magicienne Circé ou bien encore par l’envoûtant chant des sirènes… Pendant ce temps, à Ithaque, sa femme Pénélope doit affronter d’autres épreuves : intéressés par l’accession au trône, de multiples soupirants, affirmant qu’Ulysse est mort, la pressent de prendre époux. La reine retarde l’échéance en promettant de choisir son nouveau mari dès qu’elle aura achevé le tissage de sa grande tapisserie. Pour gagner du temps, chaque nuit, elle défait son travail de la veille...
Directeur:
Mario Camerini
écrivains:
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 | Homère | Story |