Movies: Epic poem
- 2026
The Odyssey (2026)
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An adaptation of Homer's poem of the same name. Shot across the world, this mythic action epic follows Odysseus as he embarks on a 10-year journey home after the Trojan War, encountering gods, monsters, and endless challenges, all while trying to reu...
- 1926
The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926)
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Taken from The Arabian Nights, the film tells the story of a wicked sorcerer who tricks Prince Achmed into mounting a magical flying horse and sends the rider off on a flight to his death. But the prince foils the magician’s plan, and soars headlong ...
- 2015
Paradise Lost? (2015)
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After discovering that John Milton is buried within London's Barbican grounds, Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard reimagined his epic poem ‘Paradise Lost’ as part of Doug Aitken's Station to Station project. The piece uses the architecture and atmosphere of...
- 2021
The Mystery of the Trojan Horse (2021)
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The story of the Trojan Horse is probably one of the most famous stories ever told: after ten years of bloody war, the Greek coalition decides to lift the siege and depart, but not before leaving at the gates a huge wooden horse, which the Trojans co...
- 2022
Areyouwinningson? (2022)
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A short film that transforms the chat-room of a porn-forum into a techno-feudal court....
- 2010
Gods and Monsters: Homer's Odyssey (2010)
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Virginia Woolf said that Homer's epic poem the Odyssey was 'alive to every tremor and gleam of existence'. Following the magical and strange adventures of warrior king Odysseus, inventor of the idea of the Trojan horse, the poem can claim to be the g...
- 1995
The Universe of the Manas (1995)
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It has been a lifelong dream of Kyrgyz director Melis Ubukeyev to create an elaborate film version of the Kyrgyz national epic 'Manas'. He spent years working with the National Academy of Sciences of Kyrgyzstan to gather material for this film projec...
- 2018
Sohrab and Rustum (2018)
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An inspiring English teacher transports her class into the very heart of a Persian poem....