Film Adaptations of Homer's Epics

 

 

THE ODYSSEY
 

The Odyssey, 1997

Director: Andrei Konchalovsky
Starring: Armand Assante, Isabella Rossellini, Bernadette Peters

165 minutes

 

 

 

 

Ulysses, 1955

Director: Mario CameriniMario Bava

Starring: Kirk Douglas, Silvana Mangano, Anthony Quinn

110 minutes

 

 

 

 THE ILIAD

 

Helen of Troy, 1956

Director: Robert Wise
Starring: Rossana Podesta, Jack Sernas, Brigitte Bardot

118 minutes

 

Troy, 2004
Director: Wolfgang Peterson
Starring: Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom
163 minutes

 

 

Helen of Troy, 2003
Director: John Kent Harrison
Starring: Rufus Sewell, Stellan Skarsgard, and Jonathan Rhys-Davies
177 minutes