The Odyssey
TV-141997•1h 28m•7.3/10
Action & AdventureSci-Fi & FantasyDrama
Ratings
🎬TMDb
7.3/10(880)
Warrior Odysseus leaves his idyllic life in the kingdom of Ithaca to fight in the Trojan War. Following victory, he now must endure a lengthy, decade-long return journey, and with all his wits, overcome deadly monsters, powerful forces of nature, seductive enchantresses, and even journey into the bowels of the Underworld.
Production
American Zoetrope, Beta Film, KirchMedia, Mediaset, Panfilm, Remote Camera Systems, Pro7, Hallmark Media
Language
EN
Status
Ended
First Aired
May 18, 1997
Last Aired
May 19, 1997
Networks
NBC
Created By
Andrei Konchalovsky
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season
E1
Part 1
Air date: 1997-05-18
This lavish small-screen adaptation of Homer's ancient epic--replete with exotic Maltese and Turkish locations, state-of-the-art special effects, and many bronzed muscles gleaming with sweat--chronicles the voyage home of a Trojan hero, Odysseus King of Ithaca, and includes many more scenes of his faithful, beautiful wife Penelope dodging leering suitors at home than Homer ever composed!
E2
Part 2
Air date: 1997-05-19
The thrilling conclusion to The Odessey. Will Odysseus make it back to reclaim his throne and his beautiful wife, Penelope?
Cast
Armand Assante
Odysseus
Greta Scacchi
Penelope
Geraldine Chaplin
Eurycleia
Isabella Rossellini
Athena
Eric Roberts
Eurymachus
Bernadette Peters
Circe
Jeroen Krabbé
Alcinous
Irene Papas
Anticlea
Christopher Lee
Tiresias
Vanessa Williams
Calypso
Michael J. Pollard
Aeolus
Ron Cook
Eurybates
Nicholas Clay
Menelaus
Adoni Anastassopoulos
Perimedes
William Houston
Anticlus
Paloma Baeza
Melanthe
Roger Ashton-Griffiths
Polites
Alan Cox
Elpenor
Vincenzo Nicoli
Antinous
Mark Hill
Orsilicus
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