Ulysses and the Giant Polyphemus (1905)

4m
Running Time

January 1, 1905
Release Date

Ulysses and the Giant Polyphemus (1905)

4m
Running Time

January 1, 1905
Release Date

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Plot.

An early horror treatment of the hero's encounter with the one-eyed man-eating Cyclops.

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Release Date
January 1, 1905

Original Name
L'île de Calypso: Ulysse et le géant Polyphème

Status
Released

Running Time
4m

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Wiki.

The Mysterious Island (French: L'Île de Calypso, literally "Calypso's Island"), sometimes advertised with the subtitle Ulysse et le géant Polyphème ("Odysseus and the Giant Polyphemus"), is a 1905 French short silent film by Georges Méliès. It was sold by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 750–752 in its catalogues. The film is four minutes long.

Méliès plays Odysseus in the film, which is based on two completely separate scenes from the Odyssey, combining Ogygia, Calypso's island in the Ionian Sea, with Polyphemus's cave near Mount Etna in Sicily. The film's special effects are worked with stage machinery, multiple exposures, substitution splices, and dissolves. Polyphemus's eye is puppeteered with two strings, while the giant arm is probably Méliès's own.

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