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In "L'Odyssée", the Viking Bet to Make Ulysses Sail

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With its tar-impregnated ropes, its oak bridge that grins, its 50 rams taped in spruce, the Draken Harald Hårfagre, the largest modern replica of Viking ship, traded, during the time of a shooting, the imagination of Scandinavian sagas for that of Greek mythology. For months, his crew members, seasoned sailors, met Matt Damon (Ulysses on the screen) and a plethora of professional actors with a more or less marine foot. "One day, one of the actor…

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In the name of realism, director Christopher Nolan assumed this blatant anachronism.

·Montreal, Canada
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While the film continues to grind collections and criticism continues to divide, new details emerge on the long and elaborate footage of Christopher Nola's The Odyssey. As is known the British director wanted real shots and therefore also the ship of Odysseus was true. Not a Greek ship, but Viking. The Draken Harald [...] The article "Despite the hostile environment no actor complained, the crew of the Viking ship Draken tells the footage for No…

·Rome, Italy
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For his adaptation of Homer's epic, director Christopher Nolan made the choice of authenticity using a Viking ship replica to transport Ulysses to the Ulysses screen on a

·France
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With its tar-impregnated ropes, its oak bridge that grins, its 50 rams taped in spruce, the Draken Harald Hårfagre, the largest modern replica of Viking ship, traded, during the time of a shooting, the imagination of Scandinavian sagas for that of Greek mythology. For months, his crew members, seasoned sailors, met Matt Damon (Ulysses on the screen) and a plethora of professional actors with a more or less marine foot. "One day, one of the actor…

·Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
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France24 broke the news in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France on Tuesday, August 18, 2026.
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