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The Odyssey (1968 miniseries)
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The Odyssey (Italian: Odissea) is an eight-episode European TV miniseries broadcast on RAI (Italian state TV) in 1968 and based on Homer's Odyssey. An Italian, Yugoslavian, German and French (Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française) coproduction, it was directed by Franco Rossi,[1] assisted by Piero Schivazappa and Mario Bava; the cast includes Bekim Fehmiu as Odysseus and Irene Papas as Penelope, Samson Burke as the Cyclops, as well as Barbara Bach as Nausicaa, and Gérard Herter. Several critics consider the series to be a masterful representation of the ancient world.[2]
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Genre | Mythology, adventure |
Based on | Odyssey by Homer |
Directed by | Franco Rossi Mario Bava Piero Schivazappa |
Presented by | Giuseppe Ungaretti |
Starring | Bekim Fehmiu Irene Papas |
Composer | Carlo Rustichelli |
Country of origin | Italy France Germany Yugoslavia |
No. of episodes | 4-8 |
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Executive producer | Vittorio Bonicelli |
Producer | Dino de Laurentiis |
Production locations | Italy Yugoslavia |
Running time | 446 minutes 110 minutes (cut edition) |
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Release | 24 March 1968 (1968-03-24) |
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