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The Odyssey

TV · 1997

A sweeping, old-fashioned mythic voyage with monsters, gods and storms, earnest and stately, occasionally creaky but genuinely moving at its homecoming.

About
1997 television miniseries directed by Andrei Konchalovsky
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Class
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Year
1997
Episodes
2
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Tone
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • family
  • fate
  • identity
  • loyalty
Places
  • sea
  • fantasy world
  • home
Era
timeless
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror4
Humour2
Realism3
Romance4
Tension6
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

Details

Genres
fantasy, war, drama
Created by
Andrei Konchalovsky
Written by
Andrei Konchalovsky
Starring
Christopher Lee, Isabella Rossellini, Vanessa Williams, Geraldine Chaplin, Irene Papas, Eric Roberts, Bernadette Peters, Greta Scacchi
Music
Eduard Artemyev
Cinematography
Sergey Kozlov
Length
2 episodes, 180 min each
Network
NBC
Country
United States, United Kingdom
Languages
English

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