Ulysses' Gaze

Overview:

An exiled filmmaker finally returns to his home country where former mysteries and afflictions of his early life come back to haunt him once more.

Director:

Theo Angelopoulos

Status:

Released

Language:

Greek

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

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Cast

Harvey Keitel

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Erland Josephson

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Ivo Levy

Maia Morgenstern

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Ulysses' Wives

Thanasis Veggos

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Taxi Driver

Giorgos Mihalakopoulos

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Nikos

Dora Volanaki

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Old Woman

Mania Papadimitriou

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Mother

Giorgos Konstas

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Father

Thanos Grammenos

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Manakias' Assistant

Alekos Oudinotis

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Greek Film Library Manager

Reviews (1)

deepkino
Written 2 month(s) ago
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This is a journey film—both internal and external—set across Albania, Romania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Greece. The story follows a director on a quest to find the lost film by the Manakis brothers, purported to be Greece's first motion picture. However, his search leads him not to a cinematic treasure, but to the slow death agony of the Balkans themselves. His journey culminates not in discovery, but in depression, pain, and a profound sense of defeat—a feeling powerfully symbolized by the recurring image of a fragmented statue of Lenin.