Odissea: Story, Cast and Series Facts
Odissea (1968): Drama, Adventure, Fantasy. Series details, synopsis and season dates from TVmaze.
Story and premise
Odissea is an eight-part TV miniseries television drama co-produced and broadcast by RAI in 1968, based on Homer's poem of the same name.
It was directed by Franco Rossi, together with Piero Schivazappa and Mario Bava. It was one of the most successful RAI screenplays, due to the level of spectacularity higher than that of previous television productions. Excellent cast, among which Bekim Fehmiu in the role of Ulysses and Irene Papas in the role of Penelope stand out. Each episode was preceded by an introduction in which the poet Giuseppe Ungaretti read some lines of the poem.
Series details
- Title: Odissea
- Format: Scripted
- Language: Italian
- Genres: Drama, Adventure, Fantasy
- Premiere date: 1968-03-24
- Final broadcast date listed: 1968-05-05
- Status in TVmaze: Ended
- Network listed by TVmaze: Rai 1
- Network country: Italy
- Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
- TVMaze ID: 49616
- IMDb ID: tt0064750
- TVDB ID: 206071
Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue
- Season 1: premiered 1968-03-24; final listed air date 1968-05-05; episode order: 8.
Source and licence
Adapted from Odissea on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.
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