The Odyssey 27 years old

In this adaptation of Homer's timeless epic, Armand Assante stars as Odysseus, the warrior King of the mythical island of Ithaca, who must endure a decade long quest to reach home after the Trojan war, overcoming savage monsters, powerful forces of nature, and seductive nymphs, and he must outsmart them all, with all the guile and intellect he can muster.

Credits

Geraldine Chaplin

Eurycleia

Eric Roberts

Eurymachus

Christopher Lee

Tiresias

Nicholas Clay

Menelaus

Armand Assante

Odysseus

Isabella Rossellini

Athena

Cast

Name	Character
Geraldine Chaplin She was 52 , now 80 years old	as Eurycleia
Eric Roberts He was 41 , now 68 years old	as Eurymachus
Christopher Lee He was 74 , 93 years old when he died	as Tiresias
Nicholas Clay He was 50 , 53 years old when he died	as Menelaus
Armand Assante He was 47 , now 75 years old	as Odysseus
Isabella Rossellini She was 44 , now 72 years old	as Athena
Jeroen Krabbé He was 52 , now 80 years old	as King Alcinous
Josh Maguire He was 16 , now 44 years old	as Young Telemachus
Bernadette Peters She was 49 , now 76 years old	as Circe
Greta Scacchi She was 37 , now 64 years old	as Penelope
Roger Ashton-Griffiths He was 40 , now 67 years old	as Polites
Vanessa Williams She was 34 , now 61 years old	as Calypso
Paloma Baeza She was 22 , now 49 years old	as Melanthe
Miles Anderson He was 49 , now 77 years old	as Poseidon
Irene Papas She was 71 , now 98 years old	as Anticleia
Ron Cook He was 49 , now 76 years old	as Eurybates
Adoni Anastassopoulos	as Perimedes
Reid Asato	as Cyclops

Crew

Name	Job title
Chris Solimine Writing	Screenplay
Andrei Konchalovsky Directing He was 59 , now 87 years old	Director
Andrei Konchalovsky Writing He was 59 , now 87 years old	Writer
Dyson Lovell Production He was 57 , now 84 years old	Producer

The Odyssey (27 years)

Ended

First Air Date: 1997-05-18
Runtime: [88] minutes
Number of Episodes: 2