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Its legacy is significant. For over a decade, it was the gold standard for Homer on screen—until the 2024 film The Return with Ralph Fiennes, which covers only the final act. It has also been used for decades in university classics and literature courses as a visual companion to Homer’s text due to its narrative fidelity. Today, L'Odissea 1997 is available on DVD and Blu-ray (often titled simply The Odyssey ) and streams on platforms like Amazon Prime Video and YouTube (often in high-definition remasters).

Odysseus’ journey begins with the (a lost battle), then the Lotus Eaters (where his men lose their will to return). The most famous sequence is the Cyclops episode: Assante’s Odysseus cleverly introduces himself as "Nobody," blinds Polyphemus (a towering, grotesque puppet/animatronic), and then, in a moment of fatal hubris, reveals his true name—earning Poseidon’s eternal wrath. l odissea 1997

Shot by Sergei Kozlov, the miniseries uses a desaturated color palette, giving the Mediterranean an almost post-apocalyptic bleakness. The sea is often gray and churning, not azure blue. Its legacy is significant