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L'Odissea is a 1911 Italian silent film, the third known adaptation from Homer's Odyssey. The film was made in the context of the world's fair of Turin International in 1911, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the unification of Italy, where he launched a film competition for films artistic, scientific and with educational purposes.

L'Odissea
Directed byFrancesco Bertolini, Adolfo Padovan and Giuseppe De Liguoro
Based onOdyssey by Homer
Starring
CinematographyEmilio Roncarolo
Production
company
Milano Films
Distributed byHelios
Release date
  • November 1911 (1911-11)
Running time
44 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageSilent film
Budget$200,000[1]

Released in 1912 in the United States it was welcomed, in the trade journal The Moving Picture World, the film was proclaimed as marking "a new epoch in the history of the motion picture as a factory of education".[2]


Plot



Reception


London City Nights said the film " was an interesting watch: the 1911 equivalent of a summer blockbuster, and a chance to see the past come alive in two ways; firstly in the depiction of Ancient Greece and secondly in the film itself as historical text."[3]


References


  1. Constantine Santas, James M. Wilson, Maria Colavito, Djoymi Baker, The Encyclopedia of Epic Films, Lanham (USA), Plymouth (UK), 2014
  2. Epes W. Sargent, Advertising for Exhibitors, The Moving Picture World, New York – Chicago, 16 March 1912
  3. "'Homer's Odyssey' (1911) directed by Francesco Bertolini, Adolfo Padovan and Giuseppe de Liguoro". London City Nights. Retrieved 18 December 2021.






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