To Vlemma tou Odyssea
One man's journey in the modern Balkans of poverty, conflict, fanaticism, and war. A story built on the myth of Ulysses, a journey and a quest from Florina to Corytsa and the old Monastery, to Philipoupolis, Bucharest and Costanza on the Black Sea with its memories of Greece, and from there over the Danube to Belgrade, to Vucovar, to Mostar and to Sarajevo.
The reason for the journey of this latter-day Ulysses: a short film by the Manaki brothers, Greece's first filmmakers, undeveloped since the turn of the century. The quest for a lost gaze and a lost innocence.
Directed by
Theodoros Angelopoulos
Cast
Harvey Keitel - A
Maia Morgenstern - Woman
Erland Josephson - Preserver
Thanassis Vengos - Chauffeur
Yorgos Mihalakopoulos - Correspondant
Dora Volonaki - Old Woman
Zoi Boudouri - Old Woman
Mihalis Yiannatos - Manager Film Library
Mania Papadimitriou - Mother
Yorgos Kontsas - Father
Thanos Grammenos - Manakias Assistant
Alekos Oudinotis - Manager Greek Film Library
Angel Ivanov - Bulgarian Interrogator
Virgil Andriescu - Riverboat Captain
Gert Llanaj - Little Boy
Production Co.
Angelopoulos Film
Basic Cinematografica
Istituto Luce
RAI TV
Paradis Films
La Generale d'Images
La Sept Cinema
Tele Munchen
Concorde Filmverleih GMBH
Channel 4 Television
Produced by
Theodoros Angelopoulos
Herbert G Kloiber
Costas Lambropoulos
Marc Soustras
Studio
Bac Distribution
Writer
Theodoros Angelopoulos
Tonino Guerra
Music
Eleni Karaindrou
