Ulysses and the Giant Polyphemus

Ulysses and the Giant Polyphemus

Sinopse

An early horror treatment of the hero's encounter with the one-eyed man-eating Cyclops.

  • 5.5
  • 1905
  • Released
  • 0h 4m
Status

Released

Original Language

fr

Keywords
  • #hero
  • #greek mythology
  • #silent film
  • #cyclops
  • #short film

Reviews

Geronimo1967
@Geronimo1967over 1 year ago

This isn't quite how Homer wrote his epic as Georges Méliès uses a little creative licence to tell us of Ulysses, returning from the Trojan war, being lured onto the island of the temptress Calypso where he encounters not just a collection of serenading nymphs but also the legendary cyclops Polyphemus. The betting isn't on his escaping but can he prevail? It's barely four minutes long but the last

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