The Return of Ulysses
About The Return of Ulysses
After Troy falls, Ulysses sails for home. Storms drive the ships onto other shores, and he is gone ten years. In Ithaca everyone but Penelope treats him as dead. She puts the suitors off by weaving a shroud and undoing the work at night. Ulysses comes back in a beggar's disguise, throws it off, kills the men who wanted his place, and is taken back by Penelope.
Cast & crew
More about The Return of Ulysses
A Film d'Art production directed by André Calmettes and Charles Le Bargy, from a work by Jules Lemaître. Pathé distributed it. Silent Era lists it as one reel, 320 metres, and a U.S. release by Pathé in March 1909 at 925 feet.
Themes
Background
A 1909 Film d'Art short, one reel, taking the end of the Odyssey rather than the voyage.
Music
Georges Hüe wrote a score for the film.
Preservation
Silent Era lists survival as unknown. The catalogue for this title points at a Wikimedia Commons file labeled 1908.
Notes
- Paul Mounet plays Ulysses. Silent Era credits Madame Bartet as Penelope. Albert Lambert plays Antinous. Louis Delaunay plays the high priest.
- EOFFTV instead credits Régina Badet as Penelope.
- Georges Hüe wrote the score. Émile Pierre is credited with the photography.
- Silent Era lists the survival status as unknown.
Scenes
- Penelope unweaves at night what she wove by day.
- Ulysses drops the beggar's disguise and faces the suitors.
Influenced by
- Homer's Odyssey
- A work by Jules Lemaître
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (The Return of Ulysses (1908).webm)
