The Odyssey (1987) Old Classic Animated film.
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00:31Long, long ago, before the mighty gods left man to his destiny, the world was full of adventurers.
00:41The greatest of these was Odysseus.
00:45Never before or since has a mortal combined such bravery and cleverness.
00:51At times, he even outwitted the immortal gods.
01:01Hahahahaha!
01:05I've had just about all I can take from those mortals.
01:10Why don't we just get rid of them all and be done with it?
01:15We need mortals as much as they need gods, Poseidon.
01:21Tell me, Athena, how goes your favorite among mortals, the most admirable Odysseus?
01:26Ah, yes, Athena. Tell us what new mischief that troubles a mortal has gotten himself into.
01:34Great Zeus, Odysseus has traveled far from his native isle of Ithaca.
01:41For the past nine years, he has fought with great courage at the siege of the city of Troy.
01:48Odysseus fearlessly led his men into Troy, little knowing he would remain for nearly ten years.
01:57Many were the captains of the Greek armies, but there was none more cunning, more resourceful, more skilled than noble Odysseus.
02:06Many brave men, Greek and Trojan, died in the fierce battles.
02:15Odysseus survived and commanded the final desperate attempt to breach the city's impregnable walls.
02:26It is said the cunning notion of the wooden horse sprang from Odysseus's fertile mind.
02:44Open the gates!
02:56Open the gates!
03:27He is truly a most unique mortal. I do believe that one day Odysseus will outsmart one of us.
03:36Bah! No mortal could deceive a god! Never!
03:41And what is his destination now, Athena?
03:45He travels to his island home, Ithaca, great Zeus.
03:48Let us watch him a while.
03:51Captain Odysseus, we must reach land soon. Our food is low and the water jar is nearly empty.
03:58Praise be to the gods on Olympus.
04:01Land? Ithaca?
04:04No, Eurylochus, it is not home, but it is land.
04:07We will take on food and water.
04:14I will take six men inland.
04:17We will carry skins of fine wine to offer to whomever can give us assistance.
04:21Eurylochus, you stay and guard the ship.
04:24A cave!
04:27This way, men!
04:28Forgive me, Odysseus, but I am greatly afraid.
04:32The odds are we are not alone.
04:35The gods have sent us here to meet them.
04:38I am sure that we will meet the gods, too.
04:41We will meet the gods, too?
04:44We have not yet met the gods.
04:47We have met the gods!
04:50We have met the gods!
04:53We have met the gods!
04:55greatly afraid. The occupant of this cave must be a giant. Quiet, men. What is that?
05:12What man dares invade the home of a cyclops? Show yourself! We are sailors, sir.
05:21Stranded on your shore. So, like thieves, you sneak into my home? We are not thieves, sir.
05:29We only seek nourishment, and Zeus himself has decreed that poor wanderers like ourselves
05:35should receive hospitality. Zeus! Zeus! What do I care for Zeus? I only fear one god,
05:46my father Poseidon, and he cares little for thieving strangers.
05:53You poor wanderers may be of some use to our lord. I haven't had meat for many months.
06:02Stop! Stop! You will incur the wrath of the gods! You are welcome to stay in my humble cave.
06:19You are guests of the cyclops.
06:26Odysseus, what will we do? Fear not, I have a plan.
06:32It's cold tonight, so I brought my little friends with me. Your companions were delicious.
07:03Give me the wine. Cyclops, as you intend to devour us all, there is no point in trying to hide our special vintage wine.
07:14Wine? Wine? You have wine? Then give it to me!
07:20This is nectar. Nectar and ambrosia distilled. You have more? Quickly, more wine.
07:37What is your name, little man? Odysseus. Well, as reward for giving me this fine wine,
07:56I will eat Odysseus last. More!
08:05Wine! Good. Sleepy.
08:28Quickly, you two. Fetch the beast's staff. Come in.
08:50Help me, but quietly, quietly. If he had two eyes, my plan would not succeed.
08:55But like this, we might have a chance. Come on, men.
09:03I hide, I fly. You'll pay for this, Odysseus.
09:11You can't escape me, Odysseus. I will let my sheep out to graze.
09:26Then I will search every corner of this cave until I find you and your tasty friends.
09:36There you go, my beauties.
09:41One, two, three, and four.
09:56Here's my favorite, a brave ram. Shall I tickle your belly as I always do?
10:06No, I think not. I have work to do.
10:17There's no point in hiding. Odysseus, you're finished.
10:25Quickly, to the ship.
10:27You tricked me. Curse you.
10:31Listen, father Poseidon. Destroy the man that blinded your son.
10:56I must finish this, Odysseus. He has blinded Polyphemus, my own son.
11:18The beast deserved more. The way he insulted Zeus, mighty lord of the winds.
11:24The Cyclops did insult me, but a son's blindness must be avenged.
11:31You must not kill Odysseus, but you may fill his homeward journey with peril and evil plight.
11:44Zeus has spoken.
11:53Run home, Ithaca men. Home, home, praise be. Ithaca men, we've made it.
12:10Odysseus, what's happening? Drop the sail and hang on.
12:23Have you ever seen a place such as this, Eurylochus?
12:35No, and I wish you were not seeing it now. It is a fit home for neither man nor beast.
12:44We've run aground. Where are we?
12:48I have heard of a place like this, the island of Aenea, home of the witch Circe.
12:55Well, it certainly isn't Ithaca.
12:59A beautiful but formidable goddess, full of trickery.
13:03We must take great care. I will split the men into two groups.
13:07You command one and start repairs on the ship. I will go ashore and beseech Circe to help us.
13:13Let me go, Odysseus. I have a way with women, even witches.
13:18Very well. Eurylochus, you may take your men and call on Circe.
13:23See if she'll give us supplies to rebuild the ship.
13:26So be it.
13:43Welcome. Welcome to my home. I have fine wines and good food. Please join me.
13:55An offer I cannot refuse. She is beautiful.
14:00No, men. Wait. It's a trap.
14:13To the gods!
14:21Pigs!
14:39Heads of pigs, bodies of men. What can we do?
14:43The goddess Athena will help us.
14:52Oh, help us, great goddess Athena.
14:58Athena.
14:59Stand up, brave Odysseus.
15:02Here, swallow these herbs before you visit the witch. Her magic will not affect you.
15:08Farewell.
15:17Welcome to my house, brave warrior. Come, share a drink with me.
15:23I can think of no greater pleasure.
15:30Delicious.
15:32What is this? What sort of man are you?
15:36Nobody can resist the power of Circe's magic.
15:39Without help from the gods.
15:43What do you want? Name it, and it is yours.
15:46Release my men from your spell and help me get away from this place.
15:50You have my word. What is your name, brave warrior?
15:54Odysseus.
16:00Oh, pity.
16:05You have been true to your word, Circe. Many thanks.
16:19You are the bravest warrior I have ever met, Odysseus.
16:23The gods favor you. I will help you find a way back to your beloved Ithaca.
16:30Thank you, kind Circe.
16:32Odysseus, you must first make a perilous journey.
16:37Where must I venture, Circe?
16:39A powerful god opposes you.
16:41To avoid him, you must travel to the very halls of Hades.
16:45And there, consult with the blind prophet, Tiresias.
16:50He will tell you how to reach your home.
16:52Tiresias? What does he look like? How will I find him?
16:56This map will show you how to get to Hades.
17:00No living man has been there before.
17:03As for Tiresias, he is dead already. He will find you.
17:09Farewell, Odysseus.
17:12The map to Ithaca?
17:14I'm afraid not. We have to go somewhere else first.
17:18Whereabouts, Tiresias? Egypt? Crete?
17:21No, Eurylochus. We are going to Hades itself.
17:26Hades? But don't you have to be dead first?
17:29I hope not, Eurylochus, but we shall see.
17:59What do you want here? What do you want?
18:26I am Odysseus. I seek the blind prophet, Tiresias.
18:30Go back. Only the dead are welcome here.
18:35Dead only. Be gone.
18:37Can a living man pass through the portals of Hades?
18:41No. He is surely doomed to die. Doomed, do you hear?
18:48Then let me pass, as I am doomed and therefore dead already.
18:55It looks like blood.
19:19Throw a pebble into the Red Lake.
19:22When the ripples reach the other side, Tiresias will appear before you.
19:34Odysseus, you seek instructions to guide you back to your homeland?
19:41Yes, how did you know?
19:42Silence. I am Tiresias.
19:46Silence? I am Tiresias the prophet. I know what you want.
19:53Listen well, Odysseus, or your journey will fail.
19:57The first danger you will face is the sirens.
20:01No man can resist their beautiful voices.
20:05And live. Next you will face...
20:10What was that?
20:10A side of the Earthshaker. It is he who torments you.
20:20And now he is angry with me for helping you.
20:24I must hurry.
20:26After the sirens, you must face the six-headed monster, Scylla,
20:31and the mighty whirlpool, Charybdis.
20:35Do not attempt to fight, Scylla.
20:38She will devour six of your crew. There is nothing you can do.
20:44Six of my men?
20:51I must be quick.
20:53Charybdis sucks down the sea three times each day.
20:57Tie your message carefully, and you will be safe.
21:04Poseidon is very angry.
21:06If you survive Scylla and Charybdis, you will pass the Island of the Sun.
21:13Do not touch the beautiful sheep and cat that graze there.
21:19They belong to Scyllus.
21:22If you harm them, you will die.
21:35Leave this place. Go! Go!
22:05Quick, men! Away from this cursed place!
22:36Take this wax and block your ears, men. Your lives depend on it.
22:47Now, tie me to the mast as firmly as you can.
22:52I must hear the voices of the sirens.
22:54You will die, Odysseus.
22:56Do as I say, Euryalecus.
22:58Bind me to the mast, and if I beg you to free me, bind me tighter.
23:03I will obey, Captain.
23:36I will obey, Odysseus.
23:52The sirens!
23:53Beautiful Odysseus, this is a difficult chivalry.
24:03Bring your ship to rest.
24:07Stay with us, so you may listen to our voices.
24:14No, Odysseus, no, we will not.
24:19Odysseus, Odysseus, Odysseus, Odysseus, Odysseus!
24:32Ouvilicus, release me, I order you!
24:34Go as I say, Ouvilicus.
24:36I beg you, free me, Ouvilicus.
24:40Release me, I order you!
24:42I beg you, Ouvilicus, go as I say, Ouvilicus.
25:10Thank you, Ouvilicus. Well done.
25:14We have passed the Siren safely.
25:16We now face a double peril.
25:18On one side, Charybdis, the mighty whirlpool that sucks ships to their doom.
25:23And on the other, the demon Scylla.
25:26Is there no other passage, Odysseus?
25:28We have all been through much already.
25:30Ouvilicus is right, Captain Odysseus.
25:32Let's find another way round.
25:34Silence!
25:36I spoke with the prophet Tiresias, and I tell you what he told me.
25:40If we want to see our beloved Ithaca again, we must go this way.
25:45To the oarsmen!
25:47If we are fast, we can avoid the whirlpool.
25:50The other creature I do not know.
25:58Speed, men! Speed will save us!
26:07Pull, men!
26:09Pull!
26:15We're nearly through!
26:22Well done, crew! An excellent piece of rowing.
26:26Ha! No whirlpool will ever claim this ship.
26:30The prophet was wrong, Captain.
26:32There was no other passage.
26:34The prophet was wrong, Captain. There was no other creature.
26:37We're through and on our way to Ithaca.
26:42Next you will face Scylla, the six-headed monster.
26:47She will devour six of your crew.
26:50Do not attempt to fight Scylla.
26:53You have nothing you can do.
27:05Help!
27:11Help!
27:21Help us!
27:23Help us!
27:34There is nothing you can do. Nothing.
27:42The whirlpool!
27:45You will make us quickly!
27:47Row, men! Row for your lives!
27:51Row, men! Row for your lives!
28:02We've got to change it! Hang on!
28:21Help!
28:23Help!
28:25Help!
28:31That is the Island of the Sun.
28:33Tiresias has told me of peril there, far greater than we have faced already.
28:37What is it, Captain Odysseus?
28:39Tell us of this new creature.
28:41Peril is within us.
28:43The creatures are mere sheep and cattle, harmless in themselves,
28:46but the pets of the great gods Zeus.
28:49Woe to anyone who should harm these creatures.
28:52My instincts tell me we should keep on sailing and avoid the Island of the Sun.
28:56Keep on sailing? I'm exhausted.
29:00No, I can't go on.
29:02Captain Odysseus, our drinking water was lost in the fight against the Vortex,
29:06so we must stop soon.
29:08Our food supply is plentiful. Zeus's sheep and cows are safe.
29:13Eurynecus is right, we should stop.
29:15We will not harm the animals.
29:17They have nothing to fear from us.
29:19Very well, we land.
29:22But remember, no harm must befall the sheep and cattle,
29:25for we are surely doomed.
29:27Yes! Yes! Peace!
29:31A wise decision, Captain.
29:47We've got nothing to worry about, little friend. We won't harm you.
30:17Let's see how safe Zeus's pets are when there are hungry men about.
30:47This cursed north wind has blown for ten days.
31:12And while it blows, we cannot leave.
31:14We wait, Eurynecus. We wait.
31:16But Odysseus, we have no food.
31:18Unless the men eat soon, they will starve.
31:30I will go alone to the top of that hill and pray to the gods.
31:35Perhaps they will abate the north wind.
31:46I am starving. I must eat soon.
31:51I'm so hungry I could eat a Trojan.
32:01Men, we need not starve.
32:03We are surrounded by food.
32:10Surely Zeus wouldn't miss just one or two.
32:15Stop! Do not even think of such a thing.
32:18Odysseus is praying to the gods for help.
32:21The gods? What good have the gods done us so far?
32:25We have been forsaken by the gods.
32:41You are right. I will do the deed.
32:55Zeus, great father of all mankind, I beseech you to rest the great north wind.
33:03My men and I have been through much.
33:11Zeus' sheep! Get them!
33:35I would rather go hungry.
33:38What Zeus doesn't know, Zeus won't worry about.
33:41Zeus knows everything.
33:52And then they cooked them and ate them all.
33:56My cattle and sheep. Zeus' own animals.
34:00Did Odysseus eat the sacred meat?
34:03No. Surprisingly, their captain showed more sense.
34:09Any who harmed my animals will die.
34:16It has been a week now, captain.
34:18The sky is clear. The wind is fair.
34:21We are safe.
34:23I fear not, Eurylochus.
34:51What does it mean?
35:00Do you hear that? We're doomed!
35:04It's just the wind in the rigging.
35:27Help!
35:37Jump! We'll go down that way!
35:40Odysseus!
36:07I will save you!
36:10Cling to me, Odysseus!
36:15Help me, Athena! Help me!
36:27No! No!
36:29Let me go!
36:59Odysseus!
37:28Odysseus!
37:58Odysseus!
38:18How gracefully the princess Penelope dances!
38:40Thank you, Iris. That is most kind.
38:43How much prettier she would dance with a fine, strong husband.
38:48That is not for a maid to say.
38:51I have told you, Iris. When I see the man for me, I will know.
38:59It's a wild man!
39:02I will protect you, princess.
39:04Fear not, maiden. I will not hurt you.
39:07I am a traveller who has undergone much hardship.
39:10Your condition tells me that.
39:12We must assist this traveller.
39:15There is nothing to worry about. He is obviously of noble birth.
39:20Come, sir. I will take you to my father, King Alcinous.
39:28Sir, you are welcome in our house.
39:31Eat and drink your fill. You are among friends here.
39:36Thank you, King Alcinous and Queen Arity.
39:39May the gods look upon you with kindness.
39:42Please, sir. We are most curious.
39:45Be so kind as to tell us your name and what brings you to our fair island.
39:53I am Odysseus, royal son of Laertes, sacker of cities and wanderer of the world.
40:00Odysseus himself?
40:03We are honoured, Odysseus.
40:06Come up here and sit with us.
40:08Please, tell us, if you wish, of your adventures since the fall of Troy.
40:13Yes, Odysseus. Please tell us.
40:18It is a long and tragic tale, but I hope an interesting one.
40:23After leaving the great plain of Troy in my fine ship, I set out for my home, Ithaca.
40:31And so, I met the most beautiful Penelope.
40:37A remarkable journey, Odysseus. Remarkable.
40:41Fear not, Odysseus. A Phaeacian ship will return you to your Ithacan home on the next tide.
40:47Thank you, Queen Arity.
40:51Yes, yes, what is it?
40:53From the high priest, Your Majesty. The god Poseidon has given him the name of our next sacrifice.
40:59Poseidon?
41:00We are a seafaring nation, so to ensure safe passage for our ships,
41:05once a year we sacrifice one of our young women to the god of the sea.
41:10Poseidon selects the chosen one, and the one who is picked must go.
41:18Oh, no.
41:20What is it? Who is the sacrifice?
41:23Our daughter, Penelope.
41:27I will not let this happen.
41:39Athena! What can I do?
41:42The sacrifice will take place at a small cove on the other shore of Phaecia.
41:48Princess Penelope will be tied to a stake,
41:52and Poseidon will emerge from the sea to carry her back down to his watery kingdom.
41:57Then all is lost.
42:00Not so, Odysseus.
42:02Poseidon must reduce his size to that of a mortal to enter the cove.
42:07He is vulnerable at this point.
42:09If you cling to him, he will grant your wishes.
42:13I will do it then.
42:15Beware. He may change his shape into many different forms.
42:21Oh, no.
42:23Fear not, maiden. You will enjoy life under the waves.
42:53Eventually.
42:58Odysseus!
43:01Odysseus! You tricked me!
43:22No!
43:36What do you want?
43:39You must exact no more sacrifices from the Phaecians.
43:42Yes.
43:44And you must leave me in peace.
43:46I have paid in full for blinding your son.
43:50Oh, yes, yes. You have my word.
43:54Go, then.
43:57Thank you, Odysseus.
43:59Thank you for saving my life.
44:01Untie me quickly.
44:03Not until you answer one question.
44:06What? What question?
44:08Penelope, will you come to Ithaca with me as my wife?
44:13Yes, Odysseus! Oh, yes!
44:20Farewell, Penelope. Return to us with our grandchildren.
44:24A safe passage to Ithaca.
44:26Goodbye.
44:28Farewell. And thank you.
44:39And so they married and sailed to fair Ithaca to live in peace.
44:45Live in peace? No.
44:48Odysseus will have many more adventures yet.
44:51Of that I am sure.
44:53I thought you said no mortal could ever deceive a god.
44:59No mortal except Odysseus.
45:15THE END
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