Story of movie Ulysses%27 Gaze : Ulysses' Gaze (Greek: ?? ?????? ??? ???????, translit. To Vlemma tou Odyssea) is a 1995 Greek film directed by Theo Angelopoulos. The film was selected as the Greek entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 68th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.
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| Directed by | Theo Angelopoulos |
| Produced by | Phoebe Economopoulos Eric Heumann Giorgio Silvagni |
| Written by | Theo Angelopoulos Tonino Guerra Petros Markaris Giorgio Silvagni Kain Tsitseli |
| Starring | Harvey Keitel Maia Morgenstern Erland Josephson |
| Music by | Eleni Karaindrou |
| Distributed by | Roissy Films |
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Running time | 176 minutes |
| Country | Greece |
| Language | English Greek |
Screenplay
Successful Greek filmmaker, A (Harvey Keitel), is returning home and sets out on an epic journey across the battered Balkans in search of three lost reels of film by the Manaki brothers, the pioneering photographers who introduced movies into the Ottoman Balkans at the beginning of the 20th century.
The search for the reels of film works as a metaphor for a search for the common history of the Balkan countries, before the Balkan Wars split them along ethnic lines.
The film ends in Sarajevo, where A finds both the lost reels and his true love (Maia Morgensten), who is executed by a death squad. The director laments both the lost love and the impossibility of building a new solidarity in the Balkans.
The filming took place in Florina and Lavrion, Greece.
- Harvey Keitel as A
- Maia Morgenstern as woman in A's home town (Penelope), Kali (Calypso), widow (Circe), Naomi (Nausicaa)
- Erland Josephson as Ivo Levy
- Thanassis Veggos as the taxi driver
- Yorgos Michalakopoulos as Nikos
- Dora Volanaki as the old lady in Albania
- Mania Papadimitriou as A's mother
The actor Gian Maria Volontè died during the filming. He was replaced by Erland Josephson and the film was dedicated to Volontè's memory.
The film includes an extract from the real Manakis brothers' 1905 film The Weavers.
The score by Eleni Karaindrou featuring Kim Kashkashian on viola was released on the ECM label in 1995.
- Grand Jury Prize - 1995 Cannes Film Festival
- Critics Award 1995 - European Film Academy
- All-TIME 100 Movies - TIME magazine
- The Top 100 Films of All Time - The Moving Arts Film Journal
- List of submissions to the 68th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Greek submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
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