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Kirk Douglas excels as Ulysses but the real eye-candy is Silvana Mangano in her double role as Penelope and sorceress Circe. She simply looks magnificent. The colors still look as fresh as the day this movie was shot (1954), and the music score is evocative and impressive.
Italy / USA 1954. This lush adaptation of Homer’s grand epic The Odyssey stars Kirk Douglas ( The Vikings) as the hero Ulysses. After victory in the Trojan War, Ulysses embarks on a ten-year journey back to his kingdom. But before he can reunite with his beloved wife (Silvana Mangano, Bitter Rice ), he must defeat the brutal Cyclops, escape ...
Available on iTunes. This lush adaptation of Homer's grand epic The Odyssey stars Kirk Douglas as the hero Ulysses. After victory in the Trojan War, Ulysses embarks on a ten-year journey back to his kingdom. But before he can reunite with his beloved wife (Silvana Mangano), he must defeat the brutal Cyclops, escape the spell of Circe who turns ...
Dec 7, 1999 · The film was an Italian, French and American co-production, featuring a mostly Italian cast, as well as American actors Kirk Douglas, as the title character and Anthony Quinn as Atinoos, one of the suitors vying for the hand of Ulysses long-suffering wife, Penelope.
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Nov 17, 2020 · The film was an Italian, French and American co-production, featuring a mostly Italian cast, as well as American actors Kirk Douglas, as the title character and Anthony Quinn as Atinoos, one of the suitors vying for the hand of Ulysses long-suffering wife, Penelope.
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Signature. Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch; December 9, 1916 – February 5, 2020) was an American actor and filmmaker. After an impoverished childhood, he made his film debut in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) with Barbara Stanwyck. Douglas soon developed into a leading box-office star throughout the 1950s, known for serious ...
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. Mario Camerini. Director, Screenplay. Ennio De Concini.
