Feature1995·169m·7.4

Ulysses' Gaze

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An exiled filmmaker finally returns to his home country where former mysteries and afflictions of his early life come back to haunt him once more.

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Cast

Harvey Keitel

A

Erland Josephson

Ivo Levy

Maia Morgenstern

Ulysses' Wives

Thanasis Veggos

Taxi Driver

Giorgos Mihalakopoulos

Nikos

Dora Volanaki

Old Woman

Mania Papadimitriou

Mother

Giorgos Konstas

Father

Thanos Grammenos

Manakias' Assistant

Alekos Oudinotis

Greek Film Library Manager

Angel Ivanov

Bulgarian Interrogator

Ljuba Tadić

Vaggelis Liodakis

Gert Llanaj

Little Boy

Agni Vlahou

Giannis Zavradinos

Vangelis Kazan

Mirka Kalatzopoulou

Dimitris Kamberidis

Uncle

Eva Kotamanidou

Details

Status
Released
Original language
Languages
English, German
Budget
Revenue
Age rating
Quality
4K UHD · HDR10 · Dolby Vision
Production
Paradis FilmsLa Générale d'ImagesLa Sept CinémaRAITheo Angelopoulos FilmsGreek Film Centre

Crew

Director

Theo Angelopoulos

Writers

Theo Angelopoulos, Homer, Tonino Guerra, Petros Markaris

Yannis Tsitsopoulos

Editor

Dinos Katsouridis

Production Design

Giorgos Ziakas

Costume Design

Giorgos Arvanitis

Director of Photography

Andreas Sinanos

Director of Photography

Eleni Karaindrou

Original Music Composer

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Reviews

deepkino

10/11/2025

7.0

This is a journey film—both internal and external—set across Albania, Romania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Greece. The story follows a director on a quest to find the lost film by the Manakis brothers, purported to be Greece's first motion picture. However, his search leads him not to a cinematic treasure, but to the slow death agony of the Balkans themselves. His journey culminates not in discovery, but in depression, pain, and a profound sense of defeat—a feeling powerfully symbolized by the recurring image of a fragmented statue of Lenin.