The Odyssey

Overview

Warrior Odysseus leaves his idyllic life in the kingdom of Ithaca to fight in the Trojan War. Following victory, he now must endure a lengthy, decade-long return journey, and with all his wits, overcome deadly monsters, powerful forces of nature, seductive enchantresses, and even journey into the bowels of the Underworld.

Roughly 2h 56m to watch every episode. This is an estimate: 2 episodes at the typical episode runtime of 88 minutes.

Trailer

Play trailer: The Odyssey 1997 | Classic Trailer

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Series cast and crew

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  Armand AssanteOdysseus
  2 episodes

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  Greta ScacchiPenelope
  2 episodes

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  Geraldine ChaplinEurycleia
  2 episodes

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  Isabella RosselliniAthena
  2 episodes

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  Eric RobertsEurymachus
  2 episodes

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  Bernadette PetersCirce
  2 episodes

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  Jeroen KrabbéAlcinous
  2 episodes

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  Irene PapasAnticlea
  2 episodes

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  Christopher LeeTiresias
  2 episodes

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  Vanessa WilliamsCalypso
  2 episodes

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  Michael J. PollardAeolus
  2 episodes

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  Ron CookEurybates
  2 episodes

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  Nicholas ClayMenelaus
  2 episodes

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  Adoni AnastassopoulosPerimedes
  2 episodes

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  William HoustonAnticlus
  2 episodes

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  Paloma BaezaMelanthe
  2 episodes

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  Roger Ashton-GriffithsPolites
  2 episodes

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  Alan CoxElpenor
  2 episodes

Created by

Andrei Konchalovsky

Network

NBC

Seasons and episodes

• Miniseries1997 · 2 episodes