My dad who has passed at 72 yrs of age introduced this movie to me as a child. I've been enchanted ever since and will continue the legacy and introduce this golden era of cinema to my kids.
@@SamuelManalili-q1o Hi, during my 21 years living under Fidel Castro's tyranny, he banned all American movies to show horrible Russian movies. However,he did allow a few French, Italian, Spain movies, and some Japanese movies too. I do remember a series of three French movies regarding Fantomas, and another genre like Japanese samurai and judo legends movies, and some comedy movies with Louis de Funes, a French actor.
The ancient Greeks had the best stories ever!!!! Who else could have thought of such a story of war, betrayal, love and honor? Only the ancient Greeks had such mind numbing stories to tell only with the words of the blind poet/storyteller, Homer!........ well before books, before films and cinema, before TV, before the Internet..the best story tellers the world will ever know!!!!
And also met.warlord do you know Mahabharata is ten times the illiad and the Odyssey combined and has every arc and subplot your homer couldn't even have thought
@@jeamesbombaymassage6154 you are wrong. Indians got to know the Greek culture after the fall of the Persian Empire from Alexander the Great and were influenced by it in the 4th century
@@sweetanstudioz4480 you are wrong. Indians got to know the Greek culture after the fall of the Persian Empire from Alexander the Great and were influenced by it in the 4th century
Being Indian I appreciate Lady Penelope. She seems pure, pious and Loyal to her husband. Awaiting such long period of arrival of her husband is remarkable. I further appreciate such wife.Thanks to all.Love to all.
Yeah but what if he never came back and died , she would have wasted her 1 life . And many men are not pious. That is not equal. I believe since man and woman come from God , neither is better than the other
They laughed at the old man.... until it was too late to be kind to the old veteran They made too many mistakes, each punishable by Death First, they landed in his island and pretended to rob him of his kingdom Second, they tried to steal his Wife who as clever as him fooled them for years Third, they mistreated his subjects and servants and lounged freeboard upon his wealth and forcing hospitality of his Queen with unwelcomed demands Fourth, they plotted to have the fruit of his wife and his love, their son usurped aside and murdered And last, and most lethal of all, they thought they could outmatch the old veteran of Troy's War, the Man who singlehandedly made it possible through brow not brawn to ultimately conquer that city impossible to be defeated by all war means. Douglas was magnificent in this Epic of Epics films demanding a physical overlord against his odds. Her catatonic acting was not in line to Quinn's and Douglas but they carried the show above just honoring the Master of all bards
Love watching classics films like this one. High end actors, talented directors, amazing scenic perspectives, and detailed to the T designs. Hollywood will never be as great or golden ever again.
@@jamesplunkett8912 And before to it, you must read Homer's Odyssey. The film has many changes, and even it omits both many facts, characters and deities to understand its plot well.
There are two details here that I think are good changes. 1. In Homer's Odyssey, after Antinous is shot, Eurymachus tries to apologize to Odysseus/Ulysses, offering to repay him for everything the suitors have taken while he was gone. Odysseus refuses the offer and says that nothing can persuade him not to kill them all. This adaptation changes it so that the suitors immediately attack as soon as they realize Ulysses is back. This makes the killing of the suitors more justified, since there was no opportunity to negotiate with them. 2. After the suitors are all slaughtered, in Homer's version Odysseus has 12 serving women who slept with the suitors clean the room before they are all hanged, which seems grossly unfair, to say the least. This adaptation shows the serving women actually bringing weapons to the suitors and encouraging them to kill Ulysses, so it's more clear that they truly are traitors.
You mean Homer's Ulysses has been "woked": slaughter now justified because he was anice guy in a bad place...and the Sirens? Typical "flirtacious harlots"? What next, Achilles's friend Patroclus wasn't his lover? The Olymic games weren't a gay pickup event? Ancient Greece was no paradise; it was rough.
In the book, she doesn't know. Not until after the fight...But it's a good idea to make aware now. Text is simply a different medium. It doesn't translate well in visual language. My favorite films from books are the ones that do not follow the book exactly, and take any liberties that allow them to convey the essence and the voice of the book rather than the plot
@@Lundahlium It's a good movie and Kirk Douglas the best Odysseus ever in cinema. But it could be better. Here they made Kirki the which and Calypso the nymph in one person, and I would like to include the adventure in Aeolus (god of the winds) island.
In Spartacus, Douglas played the rebellious slave character as humble and meditative. Not so in Ulysses; Douglas played this hero of Homer as an arrogant king, extroverted and even boisterous.
Ulysses (or Odysseus, as the Greeks called him) was being punished by the gods for just such arrogance you pointed out. Kirk Douglas wasn't just an "action star", he was a fine actor capable of great range.
Ulysses was NOT faithful to Penelope. He spent quite a bit of time with Calypso, if I recall correctly. There might have been other women on his travels, but it's been a while since I read the "Odyssey." Yet, he's jealous and upset when he finally gets home and discovers his wife, supposed widow, who hasn't seen her husband in 20 years, is being courted. She could have given up on him and been remarried years before.
That's how Homer wrote it. He killed them all with his son's help. Antinoos died first. They teach us the full book in school rapsody by rapsody for a whole year.
Strings the bow, there's a clap of thunder -- that's straight from the text of Homer as written! Homer would have been a screenwriter for sure if he lived in our era.
This was truly a great movie, although it was panned at the time. Ulysses set the tone for the rest of my life. It's haunting beauty and marvelous action scenes made me a true scholar of Homer - the Iliad and the Odyssey. That was over 60 years ago, and this movie still thrills me.
I saw this movie in a double feature with "The Vikings" when I was a kid a long time ago. And I have loved Kirk Douglas ever since. The "double feature" was like a "double header" baseball game and both have become extinct. But when I was a kid, you could see two "features" for the price of one. Movie theatres had to complete with a new invention called "television" that was gaining popularity and they tried all kinds of things.
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Italian-made with some Hollywood talent, including the cinematographer and some of the (many) writers. Directed by Mario Camerini, whose career went back to the silent era. He directed one of the earliest sword-and-sandal (peplum) films - Maciste Against the Sheik - so he had experience in this sort of thing. However, he doesn't seem to be much of a director of actors. Anthony Quinn does only the obvious sort of epic-y stuff here, as do the other suitors.Silvana Mangano didn't have to do much but look beautifully stoic, or stoically beautiful - she was the wife of one of the producers (Dino De Laurentiis). Douglas is fine, playing to his strength of volcanic pressure just under the surface, then erupting. I checked this out because the design of some lampposts I see form a similar "tunnel" effect as the curves of the axes, and I started thinking about this sequence. Thanks to the Internet and You Tube, here it is. Yay. Now for the sequence with the Cyclops, Polyphemus...
I love how the scene is played out. The beggar who is laughed at bends the bow that no-one can bend and then fires the arrow through 12 axe heads. Then, the detractors realise who they were laughing at was Ulysses.
One of the greatest finales in movie history. All plot points are wrapped up in true epic fashion. Ruthless and deeply satisfying at same time. A happy ending only through the blood of traitors and cowards. Long Live Ulysses! Death to all usurpers!
@@HopliteWarlord The Iliad and the Odyssey are amazing. The gods and goddesses of Olympus are all in it. Ulysses has Poseidon's wrath and the kind help of clear eyed Athena.
Kirk Douglas warseit frühen Jahren an mein Favorit. Nicht nur sein Aussehen, auch seine Persönlichkeit, sein soziales Empfinden haben es mir sehr angetan. Und natürlich sein umwerfendes schauspielerisches Können. Er war in Hollywood einer der ganz Grossen. Und hat sich als russischer Immigrant aus Bitterarmen Verhältnissen " hochgespielt,," Nix gegen Anthony Quinn, auch eine verdiente Größe. Wie fast alle der damaligen Darsteller/ihnen. Sowas gibt es heute nimmer.
I was a little kid when I saw this, I am 65 now. I never forgot when the Bum strung the bow and fired the arrows thru the axe handles. WHAT A MOVIE, Great Actors.
I remember that as a young lad I was absolutely gob smacked when the one eyed giant picked up one of Ulesses's crew & bit him in half. "Hmmm these Greeks are tough.....stringy meat." Wow. That was pretty graphic for those days.
I like the scene where he comes back and only his old dog recognised him ,and some body kicks his begging bowl out of his hands... warning.. bad move tosser
Silvana Mangano has been a very beautyful italian woman,but not really an actress! She was the spouse of an rich italian producer who wanted to have his wife in his movies !
I saw this film during my school days around 1960 . this is the most admirebal scene implanted in my memory.i have viewed this about 100 times.according to me he is the most admirebal actor in the western cinema.i have seen many films represented by this actor.also he had the opportunity to live beyond 100 years.
Well Armand Asante and Kirk Douglas have lived on different time on movie film. What i love in Armand Asante is when he was asked what the suitors crime? They said we treated your queen with respect, we eat your house but that can be replaced, we never killed anyone.Then King Odyseus replied . The crime is that you try to stel my world , the world which i built with my life , my hands, my wife who bore me my son and for that you will die.......Kirk Douglas memorable scene for me i think was when i remember him disguising as a beggar where the first to recognized him that he already returns was his Dog Percy ..I loved the scene that it really vivids my memory.. I loved this Iliad and Odyssey of Homer novel...
The 1997 version has an effective scene when the suitor played by Eric Roberts, who in the book is called Eurymachus and who has seduced the disloyal maid Melantho, realizes that Odysseus will kill him and runs to the barred door calling for Melantho to open it from the other side, whereupon Odysseus hurls a spear which pierces through Roberts, the door, and Melantho!
Yes, she waited and weaved and untangled and re-weaved and untangled her tapestry to buy time for her husband, knowing the great warrior King Oddyseus would return from the Trojan War....at the start only Odysseus's faithful dog, Argos recognised him.........what a great, epic story of love, honor, commitment, courage, loyalty, patriotism and heroism, a story that was born from reality, that only the Greeks could concieve and which has lasted till this very day! That is why Western Civilisation prospered, on the back of Hellenic culture!
This is an old movie - so awesome to see Kirk Douglas young and strong! He died in February of this year 2020 - at age 103. RIP Mr. Douglas - you were always a fascinating and beautiful man - I will remember you this way. Edit: I had his age at 104. My bad.
Kirk Douglas, the best embodiment of Odysseus ever put on screen, this movie should have been longer and much bigger as a production, like the ten commandments or something like that.. I love it anyway.. Proud to be Greek..
@@clioaspinade9275 I see where you're coming from but for the time being this is still the best Odysseus ever put on screen and believe me, I have watched everything concerning Odysseus, even the cartoon versions ! Kirk Douglas was born to play the part ! The Hollywood jewish should give this the ten commandments treatment but unfortunately Odysseus was not a Jewish character !
@@Evan.Arapis Well I cannot claim to have seen as many versions as you have. Kirk Douglas, was the only good thing in it, well the cyclops bit was done pretty well. But the production values are terrible. If this is the best version there is (and I will take your word for that) that it is a pretty low bar. I recently re-watched The Light at the Edge of the World which is another one of Kirk's European movies and I think that is far superior. After the so-so Brad Pitt film, Troy, I was hoping for an Odysseus sequel with Sean Bean reprising the role, alas that never happened.
@@clioaspinade9275 It is my favorite Odysseus version not my favorite Odyssey version, there's a little difference hiding there somewhere.. The 1997 version does a decent job but it still leaves lots to be desired from Armand Assante's Odysseus, I guess there's no perfection for any filmic portrayal regarding classic, epic heroes, stick to Homer's printed tales as I do, it's your best bet unless you'd like to check out the 1997 version.. Sean Bean was okay as a supporting character but I don't think he'd be able to pull it off in a starring role as Homer's Odysseus, I could be wrong ofcourse ! Troy is a messed up Iliad version of the epic poem.. Maybe the Hollywood moguls will make a GoT version of Homer's poems one day, Greek mythology and Greek history are incredibly rich worlds to prosper from and they're hugely undermined by the big studios and producers..
This is one gutsy ending with Ulysses going unhinged, releasing his wrath on those that have taken advantage of his family. 율리시즈가 고통(苦痛)을 겪으면서 놀랄만 한 분노(憤怒)를 표출(表出)하는 거친 결말(結末)입니다.
It was odiseus spirit that brought him back home after the conclusion of the war & after the long adventure cruise complication & he wait for the right moment no important how hard it was for him to jump on the dumb that stealing his property opposing anything that belong to him his kingdom & his beloved wife suffering of all these years waiting straightforward for him to come back which as I said before he jumped on them & cleared up the situation for once & for all
This is pretty much right out of Homer. All the suitors fail, Odysseus in disguise asks to make the attempt, he is roundly ridiculed (Homer has him pelted with garbage at this point). Effortlessly he strings the bow, all are struck silent, "oh crap, we're done for." most dramatic moment in literature.
im glad i was able to watch this clip. my father used to tell me this story when i was a kid and until now i could still remember the story. hope they can have a remake for this❤️
@@acdragonrider : with the technology of today, those myths and legends could be made into quite wonderful films. I really miss these great epic films, a lot!
Kudos to the uploader. Kirk had the best musculature on the screen. I saw this back 1970ish on the late show. It certainly wasn't the the definitive version of the Odyssey, but at the time it more than sufficed.
Don't forget to watch the other, more modern, version of this, also on U Tube. It's long but pretty good and almost sticks to the original plot. Odysseus has always been my ideal.
A good, yes, I saw the series with Armand Assante as Ulysses, I guess, the final scene was filmed with brutal realism that took me to the edge of my seat. Homero was a genius!
My Junior high school played this film for us and no one was goofing off as usual but quiet watching and the bus bell went off but everyone stayed till we seen this amazing ending. I bought the dvd 10 years ago .
Spartacus, The Ten Commandments, Moses, El Cid. Charleston Heston. Anthony Quinn. The King and I. Great time to be alive. Wish I could go back to the 60's.
Isaiah 53:5, But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes, we are healed. For salvation, people just need to follow the way they did it in Acts? They were baptized in the water and of the spirit. Here's why! The gospel is the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. If we are to follow him, we must do the same thing. Death= repentance, Burial = baptism, and resurrection = being filled with the Holy Ghost and rising again from the dead. That's what Acts 2:38 is. We must obey the gospel, 2 Thessalonians 1:8-9, in flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that OBEY NOT THE GOSPEL of our Lord Jesus Christ... Matthew 7:21-23, Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that DOETH THE WILL OF MY FATHER which is in Heaven. St John 3:3-5, EXCEPT a man, be born of WATER AND OF THE SPIRIT, he cannot enter into the kingdom of GOD. We can't come up with our own gospel. Galatians 1:8-9, But though we or an angel from heaven preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. Don't be cursed. One way for all people. Jews, Gentiles, and Samaritans. Our salvation has to match-up with the scriptures and no scriptures on the subject can be taken away. Eternity is TOOO long to be WRONG! st, John 5:39, Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. The gospels show what Christ has done on the cross for us. The book of Acts shows us the beginning of Christ's Church and how to enter the Church, obeying Acts 2:38. The letters were written to the Church to show us how to behave now that we are born again into the Church. It's better to walk alone than to walk with a crowd going in the wrong direction. Are we supposed to follow the teachings of the apostles? Acts 2:42, They continued steadfastly in the apostle's doctrines. Ephesians 2:20, We are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone. Jesus Christ was our perfect example back to God. He was baptized and received the Holy Ghost and we must be baptized and receive the Holy Ghost. He was holy and walked in righteousness and we must be holy and walk in righteousness. He died and rose again, and we must die to the things of this world and rise to walk in the newness of life. He prayed to the father showing us how to pray to the father. If you believe in this message, help spread it in the name of Jesus Christ. God bless you for doing so
Exactly right. And in Homer, Penelope's faithfulness is strongly contrasted with the unfaithfulness of Clytemnestra', Agamemnon's wife, who not only cheats on him but murders him with the aid of her lover when he returns from Troy. Mind you, Agamemnon not only fooled around himself in Troy, but claims Achilles' "prize", one of the women captured by the Acheans, thus setting up the quarrel which is the subject of the "Iliad".
@@jennytawler2653 Clytemnestra and Egidus kill Agam because he sacrificed his and Clyt's young daughter for faithful winds as they left for Ilion/Troy. Clyt and Egidus are then murdered in their bath by her and Agam.'s own son, Oreste. Talk about family night.
The first arrow was to go through the throat of Antinous as he raised a golden cup of wine to his lips . After the slaughter the floor was covered in “ filth “ blood and gore . Odysseus spred sulphur over the floor and set it ablaze and purified his great hall .
Kirk Douglas was in 3 great hero films --- Ulysses, The Vikings, and Spartacus. Which one is best??? They are all great. The dancing on the oars he did in the Vikings he ad libbed.
@@craigkdillon Yep,seen all of them,and have a copy of "The Devil's Disciple". Add to that - " Gunfight at the OK Corall" and "Paths of Glory". He was a versatile actor.
It's an amazing movie,n that the entire affair shown, belongs to the land of Socrates,Plato n Aristotle! Hopefully,it does still spellbound, the viewers of 21st Century! Memorable!Kudos to Kirk! Remarkable Post!
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The look on Penelope 's face, when Ulysses bends the bow, then thunder cracks, is priceless.
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One of my favorite scenes from a movie, have watched it over and over. RIP Kirk Douglas
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@@sheriffarid8043 The "Vikings"
Paths of Glory
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Why do you keep watching it? Do you keep forgetting that you've already seen it once?
A precious tribute to the most fantastic adventure story and one of the greatest actors of all time.
What did he do to Natalie Wood? You are a FOOL!
@@frankgraham1996Robert Wagner??
I can't argue with your description of the great Kirk. One of my all time favourites. I could watch him in anything.
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Who was that?
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Would you watch him in black stockings and suspenders?
104 years and until life took him, the force was strong in this one. Amazinga actor.
My dad who has passed at 72 yrs of age introduced this movie to me as a child. I've been enchanted ever since and will continue the legacy and introduce this golden era of cinema to my kids.
Bravo that's what they all would and want us to do . Bring these experiences and pleasures with our children
What a great tradition!
At age 72 now, I am glad I was able to escape Cuba in 1980 and enjoy films like this one, which was banned in Castro's Cuba.
@@orestesddwhat movie genre Castro liked to be publicly shown during your time?
@@SamuelManalili-q1o Hi, during my 21 years living under Fidel Castro's tyranny, he banned all American movies to show horrible Russian movies. However,he did allow a few French, Italian, Spain movies, and some Japanese movies too. I do remember a series of three French movies regarding Fantomas, and another genre like Japanese samurai and judo legends movies, and some comedy movies with Louis de Funes, a French actor.
The ancient Greeks had the best stories ever!!!! Who else could have thought of such a story of war, betrayal, love and honor?
Only the ancient Greeks had such mind numbing stories to tell only with the words of the blind poet/storyteller, Homer!........ well before books, before films and cinema, before TV, before the Internet..the best story tellers the world will ever know!!!!
they ar inspired by ramayana
And also met.warlord do you know Mahabharata is ten times the illiad and the Odyssey combined and has every arc and subplot your homer couldn't even have thought
@@sweetanstudioz4480 Is that why the whole world knows of Homer and The Illiad and The Odyssey but not of your Indian fairytales!
@@jeamesbombaymassage6154 you are wrong. Indians got to know the Greek culture after the fall of the Persian Empire from Alexander the Great and were influenced by it in the 4th century
@@sweetanstudioz4480 you are wrong. Indians got to know the Greek culture after the fall of the Persian Empire from Alexander the Great and were influenced by it in the 4th century
He was the greatest hero in the 20th century in movies!!!
Thanks for this career!!!
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He was good. But the Duke is #1.
Being Indian I appreciate Lady Penelope. She seems pure, pious and Loyal to her husband. Awaiting such long period of arrival of her husband is remarkable. I further appreciate such wife.Thanks to all.Love to all.
The best virtues too in my opinion
She was a noble woman, worthy of her high position. 👑
In those Days it was what a Wife was supposed to be first and foremost: Loyal and chaste.
Long time gone ...
Love ❤️ to you
Yeah but what if he never came back and died , she would have wasted her 1 life . And many men are not pious. That is not equal. I believe since man and woman come from God , neither is better than the other
Happy 102nd birthday Kirk Douglas🎈🎈🎈🎂
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RIP Legend
first in pride. first in arrogance. You will be the first served today! they don't make films like this anymore.
Greatest Hero of Greek Mythology Ulysses and the one man to play him Legendary Kirk Douglas.
We love 💖💖💖Ulysses the most, but our greatest Hero is Hercules.😁😁😁
Smartest hero.
RIP. I grew up on His movies.
Me too!
Did you ever see Kirk in, Lonely are the Brave or The Vikings?
@@HonoringGeneralG.S.PattonJr yes. I was into all of those movies. loved the vikings with Tony Curtis.
Me too.
Anthony Quinn or Kirk Douglas?
They laughed at the old man.... until it was too late to be kind to the old veteran
They made too many mistakes, each punishable by Death
First, they landed in his island and pretended to rob him of his kingdom
Second, they tried to steal his Wife who as clever as him fooled them for years
Third, they mistreated his subjects and servants and lounged freeboard upon his wealth and forcing hospitality of his Queen with unwelcomed demands
Fourth, they plotted to have the fruit of his wife and his love, their son usurped aside and murdered
And last, and most lethal of all, they thought they could outmatch the old veteran of Troy's War, the Man who singlehandedly made it possible through brow not brawn to ultimately conquer that city impossible to be defeated by all war means. Douglas was magnificent in this Epic of Epics films demanding a physical overlord against his odds. Her catatonic acting was not in line to Quinn's and Douglas but they carried the show above just honoring the Master of all bards
Italian movie industry produced some real pearls over the decades this was one of the many . God bless Italian genius , pinnacle of western culture .
Love watching classics films like this one. High end actors, talented directors, amazing scenic perspectives, and detailed to the T designs. Hollywood will never be as great or golden ever again.
This is "Hollywood" as much as you are "Prussian"
I never watched this movie before, but this scene makes me definitely watch it. Great scene. Great actors.
If you like the great of this movie you should at least watch it from the beginning to understand what else has happened before the hero is home.
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@@jamesplunkett8912 And before to it, you must read Homer's Odyssey. The film has many changes, and even it omits both many facts, characters and deities to understand its plot well.
I did read the story by Homer before that. The text book in high school years ago.
@@jamesplunkett8912 And what thinks liked about the book, in contrast to the movie one?
What a masterpiece of film editing by Leo Catozzo! 1954 that's incredible,is like a modern movie!!!!!
Man i love that scene. Born in the sixties and grew up watching these classics. To bad most people will never see them or appreciate them
We did and we're passi g it on to our children and they , to theirs
RIP Kirk. A one of a kind, both in movies and real life. How many of us men can get to 103 and have made such a mark on the world?
There are two details here that I think are good changes.
1. In Homer's Odyssey, after Antinous is shot, Eurymachus tries to apologize to Odysseus/Ulysses, offering to repay him for everything the suitors have taken while he was gone. Odysseus refuses the offer and says that nothing can persuade him not to kill them all. This adaptation changes it so that the suitors immediately attack as soon as they realize Ulysses is back. This makes the killing of the suitors more justified, since there was no opportunity to negotiate with them.
2. After the suitors are all slaughtered, in Homer's version Odysseus has 12 serving women who slept with the suitors clean the room before they are all hanged, which seems grossly unfair, to say the least.
This adaptation shows the serving women actually bringing weapons to the suitors and encouraging them to kill Ulysses, so it's more clear that they truly are traitors.
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You mean Homer's Ulysses has been "woked": slaughter now justified because he was anice guy in a bad place...and the Sirens? Typical "flirtacious harlots"? What next, Achilles's friend Patroclus wasn't his lover? The Olymic games weren't a gay pickup event? Ancient Greece was no paradise; it was rough.
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They don't make movies like this anymore. Look at the face of "Penelope" when she knows it's Ulysses. It's the best.
yeh. I like it. but totally hate spell-check. proof-reading gets annoying.
In the book, she doesn't know. Not until after the fight...But it's a good idea to make aware now. Text is simply a different medium. It doesn't translate well in visual language. My favorite films from books are the ones that do not follow the book exactly, and take any liberties that allow them to convey the essence and the voice of the book rather than the plot
I was just thinking that and then I found your comments. Atheism took over and destroyed everything I guess if I am not wrong?
Dear lord, what did I say XD This and 1997 one are medicore movies (1997 is little bit better). The only real Odysseus is Bekim Fehmiu.
great movie
This is the real original movie of Ulyseus and best one.
Absolutely, none of the remakes have ever come close to this one. It's the best.
Would be impossible to do better
Ahahaahaha Folks, I thought so, then I wathced 1968 one with Bekim Fehmiu.
Kenan Yalcinoglu my. .,
@@Lundahlium It's a good movie and Kirk Douglas the best Odysseus ever in cinema. But it could be better. Here they made Kirki the which and Calypso the nymph in one person, and I would like to include the adventure in Aeolus (god of the winds) island.
God bless Kirk Douglas 102 years old wow
@Daniel Colasuonno I don't think Natalie Wood's family share your opinion of Kirk Douglas.
@@dcasey77 what does Natalie Wood have to do with Kirk Douglas
Natalie wood was married to Robert Wagner and guide on a fishing trip with Robert Wagner and Christopher Walken she drowned or someone pushed her
@@danielcolasuonno8311 Google 'Kirk Douglas Natalie Wood'
@@dcasey77 Natalie Wood was married to Robert Wagner when she died what does Kirk Douglas have to do with that explain
In Spartacus, Douglas played the rebellious slave character as humble and meditative. Not so in Ulysses; Douglas played this hero of Homer as an arrogant king, extroverted and even boisterous.
Ulysses (or Odysseus, as the Greeks called him) was being punished by the gods for just such arrogance you pointed out. Kirk Douglas wasn't just an "action star", he was a fine actor capable of great range.
Ulysses was NOT faithful to Penelope. He spent quite a bit of time with Calypso, if I recall correctly. There might have been other women on his travels, but it's been a while since I read the "Odyssey." Yet, he's jealous and upset when he finally gets home and discovers his wife, supposed widow, who hasn't seen her husband in 20 years, is being courted. She could have given up on him and been remarried years before.
A great movie for a great hero! I never forgot this masterpiece since the first time that I watched it. Thank you very much for put it here.
One of the greatest scenes in movie history.
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Definitely among the greatest "kickass" scenes in movie history!
One of the most satisfying scenes from the whole of world literature.
SlideRulePirate satisfying is the perfect word to describe it.
That's how Homer wrote it. He killed them all with his son's help. Antinoos died first. They teach us the full book in school rapsody by rapsody for a whole year.
One of the most spectacular finale by the greatest wanderer !!
One of my favorite movies of all time.
" Apollo has taken away our strength !! ".... " How can Apollo take away what you never had? ". Ha lol 😋🤗. My favorite line !!!
Strings the bow, there's a clap of thunder -- that's straight from the text of Homer as written! Homer would have been a screenwriter for sure if he lived in our era.
Not so. In Homer's Iliad Antioos gets it in the neck while lifting his wineglass. "Did he think of death ?'
This was truly a great movie, although it was panned at the time. Ulysses set the tone for the rest of my life. It's haunting beauty and marvelous action scenes made me a true scholar of Homer - the Iliad and the Odyssey. That was over 60 years ago, and this movie still thrills me.
I saw this movie in a double feature with "The Vikings" when I was a kid a long time ago. And I have loved Kirk Douglas ever since. The "double feature" was like a "double header" baseball game and both have become extinct. But when I was a kid, you could see two "features" for the price of one. Movie theatres had to complete with a new invention called "television" that was gaining popularity and they tried all kinds of things.
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Kirk Douglas, awesome actor. Forever in my heart ♥️ 😢 Rip in God arms 🙏
I am very proud and glad , that , hollywood and Cinecitta, make movies about Greek mythology !!!!😊
I always remembered the thunder strikes and then the revelation of the suitors.... Epic
Italian-made with some Hollywood talent, including the cinematographer and some of the (many) writers. Directed by Mario Camerini, whose career went back to the silent era. He directed one of the earliest sword-and-sandal (peplum) films - Maciste Against the Sheik - so he had experience in this sort of thing. However, he doesn't seem to be much of a director of actors. Anthony Quinn does only the obvious sort of epic-y stuff here, as do the other suitors.Silvana Mangano didn't have to do much but look beautifully stoic, or stoically beautiful - she was the wife of one of the producers (Dino De Laurentiis). Douglas is fine, playing to his strength of volcanic pressure just under the surface, then erupting.
I checked this out because the design of some lampposts I see form a similar "tunnel" effect as the
curves of the axes, and I started thinking about this sequence. Thanks to the Internet and You Tube,
here it is. Yay. Now for the sequence with the Cyclops, Polyphemus...
I love how the scene is played out. The beggar who is laughed at bends the bow that no-one can bend and then fires the arrow through 12 axe heads. Then, the detractors realise who they were laughing at was Ulysses.
And yet only his dog recognised him...what an Epic Story!!
One of the greatest finales in movie history. All plot points are wrapped up in true epic fashion. Ruthless and deeply satisfying at same time. A happy ending only through the blood of traitors and cowards. Long Live Ulysses!
Death to all usurpers!
...And that was when, they realized they'd f****d up.....
@@HopliteWarlord The Iliad and the Odyssey are amazing. The gods and goddesses of Olympus are all in it. Ulysses has Poseidon's wrath and the kind help of clear eyed Athena.
Kirk Douglas warseit frühen Jahren an mein Favorit. Nicht nur sein Aussehen, auch seine Persönlichkeit, sein soziales Empfinden haben es mir sehr angetan. Und natürlich sein umwerfendes schauspielerisches Können. Er war in Hollywood einer der ganz Grossen. Und hat sich als russischer Immigrant aus Bitterarmen Verhältnissen " hochgespielt,," Nix gegen Anthony Quinn, auch eine verdiente Größe. Wie fast alle der damaligen Darsteller/ihnen. Sowas gibt es heute nimmer.
Love 💕,Love Kirk Douglas 🍀 Such a presence, such height of greatness 🌻He was a Mega 🌟 star 🌟 Thank you so much for sharing with us 🥀
Great enterainer, Great actor one of my favourites, loved him and Curtis in Sparticus and Vikings , RIP Kirk ❤
then later Kirk out draws Quinn in "Last Train From Gun Hill "
I have to say one of the most stunningly beautiful woman that ever existed, Silvana Mangano was smoking hot!
"Can I do worse than you?", damn, that burn is going to leave a mark ...
... well, if they weren't dead.
I was a little kid when I saw this, I am 65 now. I never forgot when the Bum strung the bow and fired the arrows thru the axe handles. WHAT A MOVIE, Great Actors.
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I remember that as a young lad I was absolutely gob smacked when the one eyed giant picked up one of Ulesses's crew & bit him in half. "Hmmm these Greeks are tough.....stringy meat." Wow. That was pretty graphic for those days.
That was the best scene EVER!!!
My All time favorite movie. Kirk Douglas. Anthony Quinn
Silvana Mangano (the actress portraying Penelope) is absolutely stunning.
I like the scene where he comes back and only his old dog recognised him ,and some body kicks his begging bowl out of his hands... warning.. bad move tosser
Silvana Mangano has been a very beautyful italian woman,but not really an actress! She was the spouse of an rich italian producer who wanted to have his wife in his movies !
Exquisite beauties, Silvana Mangano and Rosanna podestá
I saw this film during my school days around 1960 . this is the most admirebal scene implanted in my memory.i have viewed this about 100 times.according to me he is the most admirebal actor in the western cinema.i have seen many films represented by this actor.also he had the opportunity to live beyond 100 years.
"Spoilers"... The Odyssey is thousands of years old.
This whole movie is a masterpiece of story telling. I've loved it since I first saw it when I was a child in the 50's.
Well Armand Asante and Kirk Douglas have lived on different time on movie film. What i love in Armand Asante is when he was asked what the suitors crime? They said we treated your queen with respect, we eat your house but that can be replaced, we never killed anyone.Then King Odyseus replied . The crime is that you try to stel my world , the world which i built with my life , my hands, my wife who bore me my son and for that you will die.......Kirk Douglas memorable scene for me i think was when i remember him disguising as a beggar where the first to recognized him that he already returns was his Dog Percy ..I loved the scene that it really vivids my memory.. I loved this Iliad and Odyssey of Homer novel...
Percy ?? Ha ha . It's ARGUES . I named my dog Argues after seeing the 1950's ULLYSES movie .
@Spiritoflugh8 GREAT NAME. It's in a book known throughout the ages and world .
A dog recognizes his master by scent, not looks.
The 1997 version has an effective scene when the suitor played by Eric Roberts, who in the book is called Eurymachus and who has seduced the disloyal maid Melantho, realizes that Odysseus will kill him and runs to the barred door calling for Melantho to open it from the other side, whereupon Odysseus hurls a spear which pierces through Roberts, the door, and Melantho!
Marvelous & excellent. Love to all. Thanks
.. Penelope never wrote a Dear John letter to Ulysses..
That's what makes a Greek wife different 😂😁..
Yes, she waited and weaved and untangled and re-weaved and untangled her tapestry to buy time for her husband, knowing the great warrior King Oddyseus would return from the Trojan War....at the start only Odysseus's faithful dog, Argos recognised him.........what a great, epic story of love, honor, commitment, courage, loyalty, patriotism and heroism, a story that was born from reality, that only the Greeks could concieve and which has lasted till this very day!
That is why Western Civilisation prospered, on the back of Hellenic culture!
She texted him!
Hoplite Warlord right. Nowadays people divorce all the time. Such indecency.
Wonderful movie!!! I have seen it in my small age. And i was longing to see it again. Excellent!!!
I never knew that this film existed. Yay! Go on big Kirk!
I loved this movie when I was a kid.
This is the most dramatic moment in literature.
So young and strong. Oh well, if you live to 103, however you look, you’re looking good.
Sixty four years later and Ulysses is still alive!
This is an old movie - so awesome to see Kirk Douglas young and strong! He died in February of this year 2020 - at age 103. RIP Mr. Douglas - you were always a fascinating and beautiful man - I will remember you this way.
Edit: I had his age at 104. My bad.
I haven’t watched this movie in over 40 years but I’ll never forget that scene.
Kirk Douglas, the best embodiment of Odysseus ever put on screen, this movie should have been longer and much bigger as a production, like the ten commandments or something like that.. I love it anyway.. Proud to be Greek..
Although I loved this film as a child, when you watch it as an adult is is pretty terrible. The Vikings still stands up, this doesn't.
@@clioaspinade9275 I see where you're coming from but for the time being this is still the best Odysseus ever put on screen and believe me, I have watched everything concerning Odysseus, even the cartoon versions ! Kirk Douglas was born to play the part ! The Hollywood jewish should give this the ten commandments treatment but unfortunately Odysseus was not a Jewish character !
@@Evan.Arapis Well I cannot claim to have seen as many versions as you have. Kirk Douglas, was the only good thing in it, well the cyclops bit was done pretty well. But the production values are terrible. If this is the best version there is (and I will take your word for that) that it is a pretty low bar. I recently re-watched The Light at the Edge of the World which is another one of Kirk's European movies and I think that is far superior. After the so-so Brad Pitt film, Troy, I was hoping for an Odysseus sequel with Sean Bean reprising the role, alas that never happened.
@@clioaspinade9275 It is my favorite Odysseus version not my favorite Odyssey version, there's a little difference hiding there somewhere.. The 1997 version does a decent job but it still leaves lots to be desired from Armand Assante's Odysseus, I guess there's no perfection for any filmic portrayal regarding classic, epic heroes, stick to Homer's printed tales as I do, it's your best bet unless you'd like to check out the 1997 version.. Sean Bean was okay as a supporting character but I don't think he'd be able to pull it off in a starring role as Homer's Odysseus, I could be wrong ofcourse ! Troy is a messed up Iliad version of the epic poem.. Maybe the Hollywood moguls will make a GoT version of Homer's poems one day, Greek mythology and Greek history are incredibly rich worlds to prosper from and they're hugely undermined by the big studios and producers..
@@Evan.Arapis Well Troy is actually a messed up version of Virgil's Aeneid, it owes more to that than the Iliad.
How can Apollo take away what you never had. Man now that's cold.
Awesome movie. Older movies are so awesome to see yet
This is one gutsy ending with Ulysses going unhinged, releasing his wrath on those that have taken advantage of his family. 율리시즈가 고통(苦痛)을 겪으면서 놀랄만 한 분노(憤怒)를 표출(表出)하는 거친 결말(結末)입니다.
It seams life imitates art as well.
This is how you deal with house guests who don't want to leave.
It was odiseus spirit that brought him back home after the conclusion of the war & after the long adventure cruise complication & he wait for the right moment no important how hard it was for him to jump on the dumb that stealing his property opposing anything that belong to him his kingdom & his beloved wife suffering of all these years waiting straightforward for him to come back which as I said before he jumped on them & cleared up the situation for once & for all
This is pretty much right out of Homer. All the suitors fail, Odysseus in disguise asks to make the attempt, he is roundly ridiculed (Homer has him pelted with garbage at this point). Effortlessly he strings the bow, all are struck silent, "oh crap, we're done for." most dramatic moment in literature.
Unreal how good this movie is
im glad i was able to watch this clip. my father used to tell me this story when i was a kid and until now i could still remember the story. hope they can have a remake for this❤️
Same. Except no one appears to be interested in ancient history and mythology anymore.
@@acdragonrider : with the technology of today, those myths and legends could be made into quite wonderful films. I really miss these great epic films, a lot!
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First in Pride First in Arrogance, you will be the First served today. Classic line
Kudos to the uploader.
Kirk had the best musculature on the screen. I saw this back 1970ish on the late show. It certainly wasn't the the definitive version of the Odyssey, but at the time it more than sufficed.
Two men with whom you DO NOT mess: Odysseus (Ulysses)...and Kirk Douglas!
Don't forget to watch the other, more modern, version of this, also on U Tube. It's long but pretty good and almost sticks to the original plot. Odysseus has always been my ideal.
A good, yes, I saw the series with Armand Assante as Ulysses, I guess, the final scene was filmed with brutal realism that took me to the edge of my seat.
Homero was a genius!
Nah , without Kirk I'll pass but thanks anyway.
RIP and I am one of the old farts who saw Ulysses when it opened.
Me too. I was 12 or 13 at the time. It made me a lifelong Homer devotee.
Mdebacle Me too.
You're not old. You would be old if you were around when Homer wrote the story.
My Junior high school played this film for us and no one was goofing off as usual but quiet watching and the bus bell went off but everyone stayed till we seen this amazing ending. I bought the dvd 10 years ago .
Epic scene.
I loved the scene where his old dog recognized him - but was obviously too old to show it
He wagged his tail before he died.
Argues . I named my macho dog after him . And he was Argues which means loyal
This my favorite role that he’s portrayed !
You can tell Kirk Douglas was fit. He and Burt Lancaster, from the same era.
This movie starred the two leading Italian actresses of the time - Rosanna Podesta and Silvana Mangano.
Remember seeing this in the movies back then, a real Classic. After seeing this the craze was making a bow like Ulysses.
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Kirk Douglas was my Father's favorite actor..One of the best of the best.
I wonder in how many movies does Kirk Douglas kill Anthony Quinn?
"I never make a present of a man's life a second time."
I've always loved that line.
Spartacus, The Ten Commandments, Moses, El Cid. Charleston Heston. Anthony Quinn. The King and I. Great time to be alive. Wish I could go back to the 60's.
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It reminds me of my Literature subject in High school. ..PENELOPE is really an epitome of FAITHFULNESS. ..I LIKE the story very much!
Exactly right. And in Homer, Penelope's faithfulness is strongly contrasted with the unfaithfulness of Clytemnestra', Agamemnon's wife, who not only cheats on him but murders him with the aid of her lover when he returns from Troy. Mind you, Agamemnon not only fooled around himself in Troy, but claims Achilles' "prize", one of the women captured by the Acheans, thus setting up the quarrel which is the subject of the "Iliad".
@@jennytawler2653 Clytemnestra and Egidus kill Agam because he sacrificed his and Clyt's young daughter for faithful winds as they left for Ilion/Troy. Clyt and Egidus are then murdered in their bath by her and Agam.'s own son, Oreste. Talk about family night.
Anthony Quinn one of my favorite actors. From Zorba The Greek to Lawrence of Arabia his performances were splendid!
The remake with Armand Assante is also very good.
One of the finest scenes ever made in any Hollywood movie...I really like it.
Only he who is without sin may bend the bow!
The first arrow was to go through the throat of Antinous as he raised a golden cup of wine to his lips . After the slaughter the floor was covered in “ filth “ blood and gore . Odysseus spred sulphur over the floor and set it ablaze and purified his great hall .
Kirk Douglas was in 3 great hero films --- Ulysses, The Vikings, and Spartacus.
Which one is best??? They are all great. The dancing on the oars he did in the Vikings he ad libbed.
I feel the Same...I guess Spartacus had the most money
My brother likes him in 20,000 leagues beneath the sea . Singing a sailor song
A Town Without Pity and Heroes of Telemark.
@@richardscanlan3419 Those, too.
And Lonely Are The Brave
Devil's Disciple
Seven Days In May
@@craigkdillon Yep,seen all of them,and have a copy of "The Devil's Disciple".
Add to that - " Gunfight at the OK Corall" and "Paths of Glory".
He was a versatile actor.
Great clip. Kirk Douglas was among the best
this the best I wish this would come to cable it has not been shown in years - great ending here "take my Queen to safety" great
It's an amazing movie,n that the entire affair shown, belongs to the land of Socrates,Plato n Aristotle! Hopefully,it does still spellbound, the viewers of 21st Century! Memorable!Kudos to Kirk! Remarkable Post!