Ulysses' Gaze

Oct 12, 1995

2h 49m

★ 7.4

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.

Genres

Drama

History

War

Production Companies

Paradis Films

La Générale d'Images

La Sept Cinéma

RAI

Theo Angelopoulos Films

Greek Film Centre

Tele München

Channel 4 Television

MEGA TV

Ulysses' Gaze Trailers

Cast

Harvey Keitel

Ivo Levy

Erland Josephson

Ulysses' Wives

Maia Morgenstern

Taxi Driver

Thanasis Veggos

Nikos

Giorgos Mihalakopoulos

Old Woman

Dora Volanaki

Mother

Mania Papadimitriou

Father

Giorgos Konstas

Manakias' Assistant

Thanos Grammenos

Greek Film Library Manager

Alekos Oudinotis

Bulgarian Interrogator

Angel Ivanov

Ljuba Tadić

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