a it be already put and the best version ever of homer epic . entirely shoot in natural location in the mediterranean . the sea and the sky be strikingly blue and the island green and untouched . the clothing be linen and wool and fur and the setting stony and bare and everything be somewhat rugged and primitive and a bit what you would find in cacoyannis or pasolini movie and and it make it all the more authentic . although the story be base on myth and widely go into supernatural and it give u a good idea of what life in the 10th century bc might have be like . the rhythm be somewhat slow and austere and but the whole be so beautiful that you quickly get into it . actually and it be amazingly close to the original plot by homer and if not to the text itself . ulysses doesn not appear until the first hour and the start be center on his son look after him . then he suddenly appear lose in a storm and land on the island of the pheacians where the royal family take good care of him . his adventure be tell in flashback a a narration to his host represent the terrifying cyclop and the magic world of circe and the underworld and the siren etc . he finally come back to his homeland ithaca after 20 year and and it all end dramatically with the killing of the pretender of his faithful spouse penelope . a a story and the odyssey be an unparalleled metaphor of the struggle of a man life . the cast be brilliant and international here . irene papa give u a typical greek tragedy style performance a penelope and but most amazing be the albanian actor bekim fehmiu a ulysses . really good look and totally convincing and it seem the role be really make for him . strange that he be never offer role of this dimension afterwards . also play nausicaa be barbara bach ( a barbara gregorini ) later famous a the james bond girl in the spy who love me and and play athena be michele breton and who be otherwise note in the strange movie call performance with mick jagger . a it be do 35 year ago and the series be actually quite an innovation for it time and a the first big european co production for tv ( italy and france and germany and yugoslavia ) . i have see this mini series in 8 part on french television a far back a 1974. i be a kid back then and and although it be all in black and white and it leave a very vivid impression . all my life long i wonder if i would ever get a chance to see it again and a it be never show on french tv later on . i recently find a copy on dvd ( all in wonderful color ) through internet . it be unfortunately only in italian with no subtitle and although french and german version exist back then . i never heard there be any english version of this film a it be widely unknown in the anglo saxon world and and it quite a shame . if you ever get a chance to watch this and you be not go to forget it ever . there be not many version of the odyssey before or after that . the one by camerini in 1955 star kirk douglas be a classic sword and sandal like the 10 commandment and but not a impressive and very short for such a complex story . the one in 1997 by konchalovsky be a meretricious hollywood movie and base on special effect and sometimes quite gory and very poorly act and grossly afar from homer story and atmosphere .