Ulysses (1954)da Movie Subtitles

00:01:55,716 --> 00:01:57,This is a story of myths and gods.

00:01:57,885 --> 00:02:01,A story of the fabled world,
in which reality and the supernatural are interwoven.

00:02:01,472 --> 00:02:03,The human and the divine fight with each other.

00:02:04,225 --> 00:02:06,The story of the hero Odysseus,

00:02:06,519 --> 00:02:10,Homer, the most important poet of antiquity,
sang 3000 years ago.

00:02:17,196 --> 00:02:18,Go now, my ladies.

00:02:20,324 --> 00:02:22,Go to your rooms.

00:02:23,035 --> 00:02:26,Do not follow the unfortunate
example of Melanthius

00:02:27,373 --> 00:02:30,who consorts with these unwelcome
guests in Ulysses' house.

00:02:30,877 --> 00:02:32,And remember always

00:02:33,254 --> 00:02:35,that only your lady Penelope
is mistress here.

00:02:35,798 --> 00:02:37,Go now.

00:02:39,594 --> 00:02:42,Euryclea! Euryclea!

00:02:43,431 --> 00:02:45,Just now as the sun
descended into the sea,

00:02:45,766 --> 00:02:47,a veil of clouds surrounded it.

00:02:48,227 --> 00:02:50,And all of a sudden
a black shadow

00:02:51,564 --> 00:02:54,shaped like a billowing sail
covered it completely.

00:02:55,067 --> 00:02:56,What can this mean, Euryclea?

00:02:57,111 --> 00:02:59,For years now you have
been desperately seeking

00:02:59,405 --> 00:03:01,for omens of the return
of Ulysses--

00:03:01,657 --> 00:03:03,in the flight of the birds,

00:03:03,451 --> 00:03:06,in the blood of sacrificial offerings,
in the shape of clouds.

00:03:06,704 --> 00:03:10,Do not torment yourself
like this any longer, Penelope.

00:03:11,876 --> 00:03:13,But how can I do otherwise?

00:03:16,380 --> 00:03:19,When the daylight starts
to fade slowly in the sky

00:03:19,592 --> 00:03:22,and the night and the stars
spread their curtain of silence

00:03:22,803 --> 00:03:25,and my torment and my sorrow
increase 1000 fold,

00:03:26,891 --> 00:03:30,sometimes it seems
I can bear it no longer.

00:03:31,270 --> 00:03:32,Do you hear them?

00:03:33,606 --> 00:03:36,Those bullies,
my so called suitors,

00:03:37,068 --> 00:03:39,using their strength
to enter here,

00:03:39,528 --> 00:03:42,taking advantage of a lonely
and frightened woman

00:03:42,657 --> 00:03:43,and her young son,

00:03:44,283 --> 00:03:46,forcing her into a promise
of a hideous wedding.

00:03:47,161 --> 00:03:48,Do you hear them?

00:03:50,498 --> 00:03:52,Hear now my song
of the siege of Troy.

00:03:53,584 --> 00:03:54,Is that the storyteller?

00:03:55,503 --> 00:03:56,And so...

00:03:57,171 --> 00:04:00,as if despairing
that they could ever take it,

00:04:01,259 --> 00:04:03,the Greeks departed from Troy

00:04:04,178 --> 00:04:07,and left behind
in memory of their dead

00:04:07,515 --> 00:04:10,a giant wooden horse.

00:04:11,227 --> 00:04:14,Rejoicing, the Trojans
poured out of their walls

00:04:14,939 --> 00:04:18,to claim the horse
as a token of their victory.

00:04:19,568 --> 00:04:22,But inside the horse
hid a company of Greeks

00:04:23,114 --> 00:04:24,commanded by Ulysses.

00:04:25,032 --> 00:04:26,Get ready now.

00:04:28,744 --> 00:04:32,Triumphantly, the Trojans
dragged the horse

00:04:33,165 --> 00:04:36,inside the walls of Troy.

00:04:39,672 --> 00:04:42,Then while the Trojans were feasting,

00:04:42,717 --> 00:04:46,Ulysses and his Greeks
crept out of the wooden horse.

00:04:49,849 --> 00:04:52,They opened up the city gates

00:04:52,393 --> 00:04:54,and let the Grecian army in.

00:04:55,187 --> 00:04:58,That night, the city of Troy

00:04:58,649 --> 00:05:01,was sacked and burned.

00:05:01,402 --> 00:05:05,That night, the Trojans died
by the hundreds.

00:05:06,699 --> 00:05:09,Great was Ulysses' triumph,

00:05:09,869 --> 00:05:12,but greater was his pride.

00:05:13,164 --> 00:05:14,And in his pride

00:05:15,082 --> 00:05:17,he sacked the temple
of the Trojan god,

00:05:18,336 --> 00:05:22,the mighty Neptune,
king of all the seas

00:05:22,882 --> 00:05:26,and smashed his holy statue.

00:05:26,635 --> 00:05:30,And for this deed, the Trojan
prophetess Cassandra

00:05:31,182 --> 00:05:33,laid a curse upon Ulysses.

00:05:43,861 --> 00:05:46,Cursed be, sacrilegious Greeks.

00:05:46,906 --> 00:05:49,And to you,
three times cursed Ulysses.

00:05:50,159 --> 00:05:53,May the wrath of Neptune
descend upon you

00:05:53,746 --> 00:05:56,and may you never
know peace again.

00:05:56,457 --> 00:06:00,You will live in exile
and die in the depths of the sea.

00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:03,Enough!
Enough, Phemius.

00:06:05,841 --> 00:06:07,Penelope.

00:06:08,511 --> 00:06:09,Penelope.

00:06:10,346 --> 00:06:11,- The queen.
- The queen.

00:06:11,972 --> 00:06:14,Penelope, it has been many months
since you've come to see us.

00:06:15,601 --> 00:06:17,Sing a different song.

00:06:19,230 --> 00:06:21,It is much too sad for us

00:06:21,565 --> 00:06:23,to invoke these
ancient memories.

00:06:23,734 --> 00:06:26,Not for us, Penelope.
No, we do not live on memories.

00:06:27,154 --> 00:06:30,Be silent.
Have you no respect for her grief?

00:06:30,408 --> 00:06:32,If it were at least grief
for one who is really dead,

00:06:32,993 --> 00:06:34,it might soon come to an end
as it should.

00:06:35,162 --> 00:06:36,Then you would be able
to choose one of us.

00:06:37,289 --> 00:06:39,No one knows the fate
of Ulysses.

00:06:39,708 --> 00:06:41,No one speak of him as dead

00:06:41,627 --> 00:06:44,or have not seen his body
on a funeral pyre.

00:06:44,588 --> 00:06:45,You see, Penelope,

00:06:45,923 --> 00:06:48,even the storyteller
fantasies trouble you.

00:06:48,968 --> 00:06:50,Inside you there is
still much doubt.

00:06:51,011 --> 00:06:54,But as for us we are quite certain.
Where is Ulysses? Huh?

00:06:54,765 --> 00:06:57,In what land
is he held prisoner?

00:06:57,476 --> 00:07:00,You promised us that you'd
choose one of us for a husband

00:07:00,438 --> 00:07:02,as soon you finish weaving
your tapestry.

00:07:02,940 --> 00:07:04,But you've been working
too long on this tapestry

00:07:05,317 --> 00:07:07,which you started years ago
and which never ends.

00:07:08,070 --> 00:07:08,That's right.

00:07:09,155 --> 00:07:11,It's the memory of Ulysses
which prevents me finishing it.

00:07:12,783 --> 00:07:15,It's my sorrow and tears,
they cloud my eyes.

00:07:16,078 --> 00:07:17,And so my hands
work slower.

00:07:18,122 --> 00:07:20,If you would only favor
one of us with your smile.

00:07:21,125 --> 00:07:24,There is not one among you
to compare with my father.

00:07:24,503 --> 00:07:25,Are we not men too?

00:07:26,046 --> 00:07:28,Have we not also
strength and courage

00:07:28,466 --> 00:07:29,and noble hearts?

00:07:29,467 --> 00:07:31,You have certainly one thing:
insatiable appetites.

00:07:32,219 --> 00:07:33,You have taken advantage
of the weakness

00:07:34,263 --> 00:07:35,of a woman
and her young son

00:07:36,140 --> 00:07:37,to invade the house
of Ulysses

00:07:38,017 --> 00:07:39,and squander his wealth
and his flocks.

00:07:40,311 --> 00:07:42,You have even dared
to force from the queen

00:07:42,313 --> 00:07:43,her promise to
marry one of you.

00:07:43,731 --> 00:07:46,By what right
do you judge us, old one?

00:07:46,650 --> 00:07:48,He speaks the truth.

00:07:48,986 --> 00:07:50,You have invaded my house.

00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:53,You have destroyed
my peace here.

00:07:53,866 --> 00:07:56,You have extracted from me
a promise I did not--

00:07:56,785 --> 00:07:58,No, it is more than a promise.

00:07:58,496 --> 00:08:01,It is the destiny of Ithaca which
has been too long without a king.

00:08:01,457 --> 00:08:02,He is right.

00:08:02,374 --> 00:08:04,Not one of you
is worthy of the crown.

00:08:08,339 --> 00:08:10,And so we continue
to have a king made of mist,

00:08:10,841 --> 00:08:11,a shadow.

00:08:11,759 --> 00:08:14,The people too
are growing weary, Penelope.

00:08:15,137 --> 00:08:18,The feelings of my people
are no concern of yours.

00:08:18,891 --> 00:08:21,You are all strangers
on this island.

00:08:21,977 --> 00:08:24,I ** still the queen here!

00:08:24,688 --> 00:08:27,And the people of Ithaca
love their queen,

00:08:28,150 --> 00:08:29,sympathize with her sorrow.

00:08:30,653 --> 00:08:32,Respect her memories.

00:08:32,863 --> 00:08:35,You are too selfish with your
beauty, Penelope.

00:08:36,283 --> 00:08:38,You are much too young

00:08:38,702 --> 00:08:39,to sleep only with your memories.

00:08:40,287 --> 00:08:44,I say Ulysses...