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I just bought a dvd of this film as it was going for under 10 euros and had always been interested in the adventures of Ulysses. I opted as always for the original version on the dvd and was amazed to hear Italian, not English !! I had no idea that Kirk Douglas could speak italian so fluently.......absolutely amazing !! That is, unless the notes on the dvd were incorrect and it wasn't the original version at all but one dubbed into Italian. I suppose we'll never know! I was expecting a better film than what I saw, something of the quality of The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad, but was rather disappointed with the script, a lot of useless talk and not enough action ! I suppose this is what we can expect of Italian cinema ( the director of the film was italian as were a number of the actors ! ). The picture quality, although announced as Technicolor had too much contrast plus clicks and spots and certainly left to be desired. There was a good passage with the Cyclops, Polyphemus, however, we saw nothing of the sirens and I was desperately looking out for Charybde and Scylla but saw no sign of them. I really thought too much of the story had been omitted and too much time given over to boring soporific chat. Certainly not a film to be recommended !
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nicholas.rhodes 29 August 2004
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