Ulysses' Gaze

"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?

Harvey Keitel

A

Erland Josephson

Ivo Levy

Maia Morgenstern

Ulysses' Wives

Thanasis Vengos

Taxi Driver

Giorgos Mihalakopoulos

Nikos

Dora Volanaki

Old Woman

Mania Papadimitriou

Mother

Giorgos Konstas

Father

Thanos Grammenos

Manakias' Assistant

Alekos Oudinotis

Greek Film Library Manager

Angel Ivanov

Bulgarian Interrogator

Ljuba Tadić

Vaggelis Liodakis

Gert Llanaj

Little Boy

Agni Vlahou

Giannis Zavradinos

Vangelis Kazan

Mirka Kalatzopoulou