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Ulysses' Gaze

Ulysses' Gaze

7.4 / 1019952h 49m

Synopsis

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.

Genre: Drama, History, War

Status: Released

Director: Theo Angelopoulos

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Main Cast

Harvey Keitel

Harvey Keitel

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Erland Josephson

Erland Josephson

Ivo Levy

Maia Morgenstern

Maia Morgenstern

Ulysses' Wives

Thanasis Veggos

Thanasis Veggos

Taxi Driver

Giorgos Mihalakopoulos

Giorgos Mihalakopoulos

Nikos

Dora Volanaki

Dora Volanaki

Old Woman

Mania Papadimitriou

Mania Papadimitriou

Mother

Giorgos Konstas

Giorgos Konstas

Father

Thanos Grammenos

Thanos Grammenos

Manakias' Assistant

Alekos Oudinotis

Alekos Oudinotis

Greek Film Library Manager

Trailer

User Reviews

deepkino

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.