Ulysses' Gaze

Ulysses' Gaze

169 mins | Drama, War, History | Oct. 12, 1995

"A," a Greek filmmaker living in exile in the United States, returns to his native Ptolemas to attend a special screening of one of his extremely controversial films. But A's real interest lies elsewhere--the mythical reels of the very first film shot by the Manakia brothers, who, at the dawn of the age of cinema, tirelessly criss-crossed the Balkans and, without regard for national and ethnic strife, recorded the region's history and customs. Did these primitive, never-developed images really exist?

Ulysses' Gaze

169 mins | Drama, War, History | Oct. 12, 1995

Ulysses' Gaze
"A," a Greek filmmaker living in exile in the United States, returns to his native Ptolemas to attend a special screening of one of his extremely controversial films. But A's real interest lies elsewhere--the mythical reels of the very first film shot by the Manakia brothers, who, at the dawn of the age of cinema, tirelessly criss-crossed the Balkans and, without regard for national and ethnic strife, recorded the region's history and customs. Did these primitive, never-developed images really exist?
IMDb rating 7.6
Producers Paradis Films, La Générale d'Images, Greek Film Centre, La Sept Cinéma, Mega Channel
Original title Το βλέμμα του Οδυσσέα
Directors Stratis Vouyoucas, Pere Alberto, Alexandros Lambridis, Lakis Antonakos, Nenad Dizdarević, Margarita Manda, Panayiotis Portokalakis, Angelos Frantzis, Saša Radojević, Dinko Tucaković, Takis Katselis, Theo Angelopoulos
Writers Giorgio Silvagni, Petros Markaris, Tonino Guerra, Theo Angelopoulos

Cast

Erland Josephson

as Ivo Levy

Maia Morgenstern

as Ulysses' Wives

Thanasis Vengos

as Taxi Driver

Dora Volanaki

as Old Woman

Giorgos Konstas

as Father

Thanos Grammenos

as Manakias' Assistant

Alekos Oudinotis

as Greek Film Library Manager

Angel Ivanov

as Bulgarian Interrogator

Gert Llanaj

as Little Boy

Giannis Fyrios

as Servant

Virgil Andriescu

as Riverboat Captain

Sofia Vamvakidou

as Woman at Café in Florina

Mihalis Giannatos

as Albanian Film Library Manager (uncredited)