brown mountain and calm body of water

the odyssey

Follow Odysseus on his wanderings back to Ithaca following the Trojan War.

Poster for the TV miniseries, Gods and Goddesses: The Odyssey.
Poster for the TV miniseries, Gods and Goddesses: The Odyssey.

Year

1997

directed by

Andrey Konchalovskiy

starring

Armand Assante

Greta Scacchi

Isabella Rossellini

Synopsis

Warrior king Odysseus leaves his peaceful life in Ithaca to fight in the Trojan War. After securing victory, he faces a perilous, decade-long journey home. During which he must rely on his cunning to survive deadly monsters, the wrath of nature, tempting enchantresses, and even a descent into the Underworld.

the Odyssey scenes on GOZO

Odysseus raises his arms as waves crash dramatically near the Azure Window in Dwejra, Gozo.

A man, dressed as an ancient Greek, stands with his arms raised in front of the Azure Window.
A man, dressed as an ancient Greek, stands with his arms raised in front of the Azure Window.
A man, dressed as an ancient Greek, stands by a raging sea.
A man, dressed as an ancient Greek, stands by a raging sea.

Odysseus, set against the iconic Azure Window, as he challenges Poseidon in The Odyssey filmed in Gozo.

The odyssey filming locations map

Did you Know?

During his ten-year journey home after the Trojan War, Odysseus was kept prisoner by the nymph, Calypso, on the island of Ogygia. Maltese tradition holds that the real location of Ogygia is Gozo and that her cave lies high above Ramla beach.