A retelling of Homer's The Odyssey, focusing on Ulysses's ten-year journey home to Ithaca following the Trojan War, where he faces various mythical challenges while his wife Penelope fends off suitors.

• Lux Film
• Ponti-De Laurentiis Cinematografica
• Kirk Douglas
• Silvana Mangano
• Anthony Quinn
• Rossana Podestà
• Jacques Dumesnil
• Daniel Ivernel
• Sylvie
• Franco Interlenghi