Ulysses

Name: Ulysses
Released: 1954

Mario Camerini, director · 1954

A landmark screen Odyssey, with Kirk Douglas's Ulysses confronting Polyphemus on his voyage home.

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Title: Ulysses
Creator: Mario Camerini, director
Date: 1954
Holding source: British Film Institute
Medium: Film
Mythic links: Odysseus, Polyphemus, Poseidon, Athena

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A landmark screen Odyssey, with Kirk Douglas's Ulysses confronting Polyphemus on his voyage home. MythBranch includes this work as evidence of later reception: it shows how a mythic figure or episode was selected, reshaped and transmitted for a new audience.

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