ULYSSES' GAZE
Symposium
In search of the lost film rolls of the Manaki brothers, responsible for the first Greek film in 1905, a director who has been living in the USA for a long time returns to his homeland. Like Odysseus before him, he wanders aimlessly through a Europe that has become unfamiliar, caught up in the political turmoil of the transition period. He ends up in Sarajevo, under siege by Serbs, where the archivist of the city’s film museum is hiding three rolls shot by the pioneering Greek brothers. Amidst the destruction of war, he finds the negatives from a bygone era. A surreal, at times visionary filmic meditation that interweaves contemporary and cinematic history with the journey of an individual.
TO VLEMMA TOU ODYSSEA / DER BLICK DES ODYSSEUS
, FRA, ITA, DEU 1995 / 176 min
Language: English, Greek, Romanian, Albanian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Kurdish
Director: Theo Angelopoulos
- Screenplay: Theo Angelopoulos, Tonino Guerra, Petros Markaris, Giorgio Silvagni
- Cinematographer: Giorgos Arvanitis
- Editor: Yannis Tsitsopoulos
- Music: Eleni Karaindrou
- Sound: Thanassis Arvanitis
- Cast: Harvey Keitel, Maia Morgenstern, Erland Josephson, Thanasis Vengos
- Producer: Giorgio Silvagni, Eric Heumann, Dragan Ivanovic-Hevi, Ivan Milovanovic
- Production Company: MEGA Channel, Paradis Films, La Generale d'Images, Greek Film Centre, Theo Angelopoulos Film Production, La Sept Cinema
- World Sales: Theo Angelopoulos Heirs Association
In search of the lost film rolls of the Manaki brothers, responsible for the first Greek film in 1905, a director who has been living in the USA for a long time returns to his homeland. Like Odysseus before him, he wanders aimlessly through a Europe that has become unfamiliar, caught up in the political turmoil of the transition period. He ends up in Sarajevo, under siege by Serbs, where the archivist of the city’s film museum is hiding three rolls shot by the pioneering Greek brothers. Amidst the destruction of war, he finds the negatives from a bygone era. A surreal, at times visionary filmic meditation that interweaves contemporary and cinematic history with the journey of an individual.
- Screenplay: Theo Angelopoulos, Tonino Guerra, Petros Markaris, Giorgio Silvagni
- Cinematographer: Giorgos Arvanitis
- Editor: Yannis Tsitsopoulos
- Music: Eleni Karaindrou
- Sound: Thanassis Arvanitis
- Cast: Harvey Keitel, Maia Morgenstern, Erland Josephson, Thanasis Vengos
- Producer: Giorgio Silvagni, Eric Heumann, Dragan Ivanovic-Hevi, Ivan Milovanovic
- Production Company: MEGA Channel, Paradis Films, La Generale d'Images, Greek Film Centre, Theo Angelopoulos Film Production, La Sept Cinema
- World Sales: Theo Angelopoulos Heirs Association