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Ulysses' Gaze (1995)

7.4 | Oct 12, 1995 (GR) | Drama, History, War | 02:49

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.

Featured Crew

Director, Screenplay, Producer
Set Decoration
In Memory Of
Director of Photography
Original Story
Production Design
Makeup Artist
Assistant Director
Assistant Director
Casting, First Assistant Director

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deepkino
N/A | Oct 11, 2025
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.