Ulysses (1954)
History's Greatest Epic...On the Screen at Last!
Overview
A retelling of Homer's The Odyssey, focusing on Ulysses's ten-year journey home to Ithaca following the Trojan War, where he faces various mythical challenges while his wife Penelope fends off suitors.
- Franco BrusatiScreenplay
- Mario CameriniScreenplay
- Ennio De ConciniScreenplay
- Hugh GrayScreenplay
- Ben HechtScreenplay
- Ivo PerilliScreenplay
- Irwin ShawScreenplay
- Mario CameriniDirector
StatusReleased
Original LanguageItalian
Original titleUlisse
Budget$500,000.00
Revenue$2,880,000.00
Casts
Kirk Douglas
Ulysses
Silvana Mangano
Circe / Penelope
Anthony Quinn
Antinous
Rossana Podestà
Nausicaa
Jacques Dumesnil
Alcinous
Daniel Ivernel
Eurylochus
Sylvie
Eurycleia
Franco Interlenghi
Telemachus
Elena Zareschi
Cassandra
Evi Maltagliati
Anticlea
Ludmilla Dudarova
Arete
Tania Weber
Leucantho
Piero Lulli
Achilles
Ferruccio Stagni
Mentor
Alessandro Fersen
Diomedes
Oscar Andriani
Calops
Umberto Silvestri
Polyphemus / Krakos
Gualtiero Tumiati
Laertes
Teresa Pellati
Melantho
Mario Feliciani
Eurymachus
Michele Riccardini
Leodes
Umberto Alivernini
Ulysses Crew Member (uncredited)