Odysseus (TV series)

Television broadcast
German title	Odysseus - power, intrigue, myth.
Original title	Odysseus
Country of production	France , Italy
year	2013
Production ; company	GMT Productions, Makingprod, Sunflag, Moviheart, ARTE F, RAI Fiction, RTP Radio e Televisão de Portugal, TV5 Monde
length	45 minutes
Episodes	12 in 1 season
production	Christophe Valette, Stéphane Drouet, Massimiliano La Pegna
music	Bernard Grimaldi
camera	José António Loureiro
First broadcast	June 13, 2013 on Arte
occupation
	Alessio Boni : Odysseus ; Caterina Murino : Penelope ; Niels Schneider : Telemachos ; Karina Testa : Cléa (daughter of Eurynome) ; Joseph Malerba : mentor ; Bruno Todeschini : Leocritos (first of the suitors) ; Augustin Legrand : Antinous ; Salim Kechiouche : Orion (son of Antinous) ; Carlo Brandt : Laërtes ; Amr Waked : Eukharistus; Julie Gayet : Helena (wife of Menelaus) ; Vittoria Scognamiglio : Eurynome; David Carreira : Xenon;

Odysseus is a French-Italian television series with a historical and mythological background from 2013. Directed by Stéphane Giusti. The German premiere took place on June 13, 2013 on Arte .

action

The series deals with the Odysseus theme, but from the perspective of those who stayed behind on Ithaca and the upheavals after Odysseus' return.

Penelope
(Caterina Murino)
Telemachos
(Niels Schneider)
Cléa
(Karina Testa)
Leocritus
(Bruno Todeschini)
Orion
(Salim Kechiouche)

criticism

"The free adaptation of the Homer classic on Arte can keep up with comparable figures like the Rome series (2005) in terms of sex everywhere."

- (The standard)

“(…) Although the series is called“ Odysseus ”, it does not tell anything about ten years of adventures at sea that the King of Ithaca experienced after the Trojan War - because that would have driven production costs to incredible heights. Instead, Arte stays at home with Penelope for twelve 45-minute episodes "inspired" by Homer (...) "

- (FAZ)

DVD

2013: Odysseus - power, intrigue, myth.

Voice actor

The voice actors for the German version:

Odysseus: Oliver Siebeck Penelope: Sabine Falkenberg Telemachos: Konrad Bösherz Cléa: Luisa Wietzorek Mentor: Erich Räuker Leocritos: Viktor Neumann Antinous: Thomas Petruo Orion: Tim Sander Laertes: Uli Krohm Eukharistos: Gerald Schaale Helena: Debora Weigert	Eurynome: Monica Bielenstein Aristus: Filipe Pirl Dolios: Peter Flechtner Homer: Dirk Stollberg Liodes: Leonhard Mahlich Maia: Silvia Missbach Menelaus: Thomas Nero Wolff Nausicaa: Esra Vural Palamedes: Peter Reinhardt Thyoscos: Stefan Krause Adonis: Edwin Gellner

Others

The budget of 14 million euros corresponded roughly to the budget of the pilot series in Rome . Some people like Orion and Maia have no relation to the corresponding Greek mythology despite having the same name.

Web links

Odysseus in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Odysseus at Fernsehserien.de
Photos at Arte.tv

Individual evidence

↑ French Odysseus series on Arte: Comeback of a Irrfahrers , Der Standard, June 13, 2013, accessed June 14, 2013.
↑ Series "Odysseus" on Arte: Give me the lotus! , FAZ, June 13, 2013, accessed on June 14, 2013.
↑ synchronkartei.de: Odysseus - power. Intrigue. Myth. Retrieved August 30, 2015 .
^ "Odysseus" revisite le mythe d'Ulysse. Le Parisien , June 13, 2013, accessed May 23, 2015 (French).

[1] French Odysseus series on Arte: Comeback of a Irrfahrers , Der Standard, June 13, 2013, accessed June 14, 2013.

[2] Series "Odysseus" on Arte: Give me the lotus! , FAZ, June 13, 2013, accessed on June 14, 2013.

[3] synchronkartei.de: Odysseus - power. Intrigue. Myth. Retrieved August 30, 2015 .

[4] "Odysseus" revisite le mythe d'Ulysse. Le Parisien , June 13, 2013, accessed May 23, 2015 (French).