The Odyssey (1997 miniseries)

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The Odyssey
Poster with Calypso, Athena, and Penelope (left to right) below Odysseus
Based on	Odyssey by Homer
Written by	Andrei Konchalovsky
Directed by	Andrei Konchalovsky
Starring	Armand Assante Greta Scacchi Isabella Rossellini Vanessa Williams Bernadette Peters Alan Stenson Eric Roberts
Composer	Eduard Artemyev
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Nicholas Meyer Francis Ford Coppola Dyson Lovell
Cinematography	Sergei Kozlov
Editor	Michael Ellis
Running time	176 minutes (2 parts)
Production companies	Hallmark American Zoetrope
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	May 18 (1997-05-18) – May 19, 1997 (1997-05-19)
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The Odyssey is a 1997 American mythology–adventure television miniseries based on the ancient Greek epic poem by Homer, the Odyssey. Directed by Andrei Konchalovsky, the miniseries aired in two parts beginning on May 18, 1997, on NBC. It was filmed in Malta, Turkey, parts of England and many other places around the Mediterranean, where the story takes place. The cast includes Armand Assante, Greta Scacchi, Irene Papas, Isabella Rossellini, Bernadette Peters, Eric Roberts, Geraldine Chaplin, Jeroen Krabbé, Christopher Lee and Vanessa Williams.

At the 49th Primetime Emmy Awards the series won the award for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries or Special.^[1]