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Ulysses' Gaze( 1995)

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Overview

An exiled filmmaker finally returns to his home country where former mysteries and afflictions of his early life come back to haunt him once more.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Harvey Keitel

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      Erland Josephson

      Ivo Levy

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      Maia Morgenstern

      Ulysses' Wives

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      Thanasis Veggos

      Taxi Driver

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      Giorgos Mihalakopoulos

      Nikos

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      Dora Volanaki

      Old Woman

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      Mania Papadimitriou

      Mother

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      Giorgos Konstas

      Father

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      Thanos Grammenos

      Manakias' Assistant

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      Alekos Oudinotis

      Greek Film Library Manager

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      Angel Ivanov

      Bulgarian Interrogator

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      Ljuba Tadić

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      Vaggelis Liodakis

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      Gert Llanaj

      Little Boy

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      Agni Vlahou

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      Giannis Zavradinos

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      Vangelis Kazan

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      Mirka Kalatzopoulou

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      Dimitris Kamberidis

      Uncle

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      Eva Kotamanidou

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      Miranda Kounelaki

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      Nikos Kouros

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      Natalia Mihailidou

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      Nadia Mourouzi

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      Vasilis Bouyiouklakis

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      Christoforos Nezer

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      Tania Palaiologou

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      Stratos Pahis

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      Jenny Roussea

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      Stratos Tzortzoglou

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      Giannis Fyrios

      Servant

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      Dora Hrisikou

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      Olivera Marković

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      Vesna Trivalić

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      Ivan Klemenc

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      Daša Runić

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      Vid Rajin

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      Slobodan Ćustić

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      Rastko Janković

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      Danusija Ataljanc

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      Dragan Maksimović

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      Slobodan 'Boda' Ninković

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      Emil Slotea

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      Virgil Andriescu

      Riverboat Captain

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      Panagiotis Vafeiadis

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      Giannis Kokoris

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      Elias Tsehos

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      Nikoletta Gouli

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      Πάρις Ελευθερίου

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      Anna Angelopoulou

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      Katerina Angelopoulou

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      Eleni Angelopoulos

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      Anastasios Pantazis

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      Stamatis Mihalinos

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      Costas Santas

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      Sofia Vamvakidou

      Woman at Café in Florina

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      Pemi Zouni

      (voice)

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      Evgenios Spatharis

      (voice)

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      Alexandros Mylonas

      (voice)

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      Mihalis Giannatos

      Albanian Film Library Manager (uncredited)

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    Review 1Discussion

    A review by deepkino

    NaN
    Written by deepkino on Sat Oct 11 2025
    This is a journey film—both internal and external—set across Albania, Romania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Greece. The story follows a director on a quest to find the lost film by the Manakis brothers, purported to be Greece's first motion picture. However, his search leads him not to a cinematic treasure, but to the slow death agony of the Balkans themselves. His journey culminates not in discovery, but in depression, pain, and a profound sense of defeat—a feeling powerfully symbolized by the recurring image of a fragmented statue of Lenin....

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • affectation
    • balkan war
    • film director
    • dreary
    • arrogant
    • complicated
    • conceited
    • pretentious