Ulysses' Gaze
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Theo Angelopoulos
Harvey Keitel
Maia Morgenstern
Erland Josephson
Thanassis Vengos
Yorgos Mihalakopoulos
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
One man's journey in the modern Balkans of poverty, conflict, fanaticism, and war. A story built on the myth of Ulysses, a journey and a quest from Florina to Corytsa and the old Monastery, to Philipoupolis, Bucharest and Costanza on the Black Sea with its memories of Greece, and from there over the Danube to Belgrade, to Vucovar, to Mostar and to Sarajevo. The reason for the journey of this latter-day Ulysses: a short film by the Manaki brothers, Greece's first filmmakers, undeveloped since the turn of the century. The quest for a lost gaze and a lost innocence.
Director
Theo Angelopoulos
Cast
Harvey Keitel
Maia Morgenstern
Erland Josephson
Thanassis Vengos
Yorgos Mihalakopoulos
Dora Volonaki
Zoi Boudouri
Mihalis Yiannatos
Mania Papadimitriou
Yorgos Kontsas
Thanos Grammenos
Alekos Oudinotis
Angel Ivanov
Virgil Andriescu
Gert Llanaj
Vasilis Bouyouklakis
Dora Chrisikou
Paris Eleftheriou
Yannis Firios
Stratis Georgoglou
Nirka Kalatzopoulou
Dimitris Kamberides
Vangelis Kazan
Eva Kotamanidou
Miranda Kounelaki
Nikos Kouros
Natalia Mihalidou
Nadia Mourouzi
Christopher Nezer
Stratis Pahis
Tania Palaiologou
Jenny Roussea
Agni Vlachou
Petros Zarkadis
Yiannis Zarvanidos
Crew
Pera Albero
Pera Albero
Fani Alexaki
Theo Angelopoulos
Theo Angelopoulos
Giorgios Arvanitis
Thanassis Arvanitis
Dusan Buganovic
Ellen Athena Catsikeas
Dimitris Damalas
Lubomir Despotovic
Phoebe Economopoulos
Angelos Frantzis
Margarita Gariou
Slobodan Gojkovic
Christos Goutis
Tonino Guerra
Martin Jankov-tomica
Eleni Karaindou
Eleni Karaindrou
Dimitris Karatzounis
Takis Katselis
Dr. Herbert G Kloiber
Joseph Kudelka
Alekos Lambrides
Costas Lambropoulos
Costas Lambropoulos
Margarita Manda
Petros Markaris
Linos Meintanis
Katerina Moleti
Theodore Mourtas
Mile Nicolic
Harris Papadopoulos
Yorgos Patsas
Panagiotis Portokalakis
Grigoris Samiotis
Nikos Sekeris
Soavko Simonovic
Marc Soustras
Nikos Triantafilopoulos
Vangelis Tsembelis
Athena Tserekof
Yannis Tsitsopoulos
Yiannis Tsitsopoulos
Panos Tzelekis
Stratis Vouyoukas
Nenad Vukadinovic
Alekos Yiannaros
Lina Yiannopoulou
Olivier Zenensky
Yorgos Ziakas
Akis Zorbas
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Nominated for the 1995 Felix Award for European Film of the Year by the European Film Academy.
Winner of the 1995 European Nastro d'Argento (Silver Ribbon) award from the Italian Association of Film Journalists. Also cited for Best Foreign Director.
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival. Also co-winner, along with Ken Loach's "Land and Freedom" (United Kingdom/Spain/Germany/1995), of the FIPRESCI award.
Released in United States 1995
Released in United States 1997
Released in United States February 28, 1996
Released in United States March 1997
Released in United States March 21, 1997
Released in United States May 1995
Released in United States on Video September 23, 1997
Released in United States September 1995
Released in United States Winter January 17, 1997
Shown at Cannes Film Festival (in competition) May 17-28, 1995.
Shown at Montreal World Film Festival (Hors Concours) August 24 - September 4, 1995.
Shown at Portland International Film Festival February 13 - March 2, 1997.
Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival March 6-19, 1997.
Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Special Presentation) September 7-16, 1995.
Gian Maria Volonte, who died December 6, 1994 while on location with the film in Florina, Greece, was replaced by Erland Josephson. The project was shot intermittently between January 1994 and March 1995.
Began shooting January 30, 1994.
Completed shooting Mid March 1995.
Released in United States 1995 (Shown at AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival (European Union Films from Cannes) October 19 - November 2, 1995.)
Released in United States 1995 (Shown at Montreal World Film Festival (Hors Concours) August 24 - September 4, 1995.)
Released in United States Winter January 17, 1997
Released in United States February 28, 1996 (Shown in New York City (Angelika 57) February 28, 1996.)
Released in United States March 1997 (Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival March 6-19, 1997.)
Released in United States March 21, 1997 (Nuart; Los Angeles)
Released in United States 1997 (Shown at Portland International Film Festival February 13 - March 2, 1997.)
Released in United States May 1995 (Shown at Cannes Film Festival (in competition) May 17-28, 1995.)
Released in United States September 1995 (Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Special Presentation) September 7-16, 1995.)
Released in United States on Video September 23, 1997
