Ulysses’ Gaze (1995)
“A,” a Greek filmmaker living in exile in the United States, returns to his native Ptolemas to attend a special screening of one of his extremely controversial films. But A’s real interest lies elsewhere–the mythical reels of the very first film shot by the Manakia brothers, who, at the dawn of the age of cinema, tirelessly criss-crossed the Balkans and, without regard for national and ethnic strife, recorded the region’s history and customs. Did these primitive, never-developed images really exist?
Director: Alexandros Labridis, Angelos Frantzis, Dinko Tucaković, Lakis Antonakos, Margarita Manda, Nenad Dizdarević, Panayiotis Portokalakis, Pere Alberto, Saša Radojević, Stratis Vouyoucas, Takis Katselis, Theo Angelopoulos
Actors: Alekos Oudinotis, Dora Volanaki, Erland Josephson, Giorgos Konstas, Giorgos Mihalakopoulos, Harvey Keitel, Maia Morgenstern, Mania Papadimitriou, Thanasis Vengos, Thanos Grammenos
