The Odyssey: The Real Story

A scholarly retelling that treats myth as history, moving deliberately through familiar wonders while asking what the journey cost the people left behind.

Directed by

Bruce Vigar

Genres

Documentary

Starring

Carole English

Overview

After the fall of Troy, warrior-king Odysseus begins a perilous voyage home, only to be thrown into a decade of wandering across a world ruled by gods and monsters. He outwits cyclopes, resists enchantresses, and descends into the realm of the dead, while his family fights to survive in his absence.

How it feels

Earnest, tense and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Survival, family, loyalty, fate

Content

Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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