# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Movies presented by natives British
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 17 Sep, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Thu, 17 Sep, 2026 at 11:00 pm (+02:00)
- **Event Description**: “For fidelity, my top choice would be the 1997 TV series.” — Nigel Andrews, Financial Times ⚔️

The most educated among us, sir William will present classic Odyssey. 

THE ODYSSEY (1997) — the epic journey before Nolan turned it into an IMAX spectacle 🌊🏺

With Christopher Nolan’s new The Odyssey bringing Homer’s saga back to cinema on an unprecedented technological and visual scale, the 1997 adaptation offers a fascinating alternative. Nolan presents the story as a monumental action epic filmed with new IMAX technology; this earlier version has the intimacy and generous storytelling space of a classical television miniseries.

Led by Armand Assante, it treats Odysseus not simply as a warrior, but as a proud, intelligent and deeply fallible man. Gods, monsters and supernatural landscapes provide the spectacle, yet the emotional centre remains unmistakably human: the longing for home and the cost of being separated from it.

Homer’s poem is one of the foundations of Western storytelling. Its ideas of wandering, temptation, identity and homecoming have shaped literature and cinema for almost three thousand years. 📚

Why it matters — and why it is worth seeing

🌊 It embraces the episodic richness of Homer’s poem, giving its mythical encounters more time than most feature-length adaptations can offer.

🧠 Its Odysseus survives through cunning, persuasion and improvisation as often as through physical strength.

🏺 The practical sets, Mediterranean landscapes and handmade creature effects give it the atmosphere of an illustrated ancient legend.

⚡ The gods are not distant symbols: they are unpredictable forces constantly interfering with human ambition.

🎭 Armand Assante gives the hero grandeur without hiding his vanity, anger and vulnerability.

🎬 Seen today, it makes an ideal companion to Nolan’s version. The contrast reveals how differently the same myth can be imagined: as a patient, character-driven television epic in 1997 and as a vast IMAX action spectacle for a new generation. Nolan’s film stars Matt Damon as Odysseus and was shot around the world using newly developed IMAX film technology.

📺 Although produced for television, the 1997 version became a lasting favourite among viewers interested in mythology, partly because its length allows the ancient journey to unfold with unusual breadth.

🏠 A grand adventure built around a timeless truth: defeating monsters may be easier than finding the way home.

 
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For quick contact join our movie lovers whatsapp group, to get the link please pm me.

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Organizational info: 

We are going to meet in one of those four places please check ideally during the day of the meeting if the location of the event didn't change. 

1. Cafe literacka - located in the bookstore, ask bar attender where the movie room is located. They have great cakes and salads, ok beer and sinfully cheap table wine.

2. Poli - great and cheap multitap craft beer bar with food and cocktails

3. Layla - popular international place with middle east vibe and food

4. Hospudka u Nas, the best Czech bar in Poland with amazing food, and pilsners, true embassy of our southern neighbour

******************************************** Paweł is a local city, cultural and food tour guide in Kraków since 2007. Initially his knowledge about Polish films was average. But then when he discover how usefull movies are as educational tools to talk about Poland things have changed. He started to focus more on the important movies about Polish history. Then one day in November 2015 he decided to share it not only during his work as a proffesional tour guide, but also to Couchsurfing community and all culturally hungry people, this time totally for free. Since that day in 2015 Paweł joined academy of Polish films academy, attended as many lectures as possible. Constantly reads about Polish cinema and developed his true passion. At one point Paweł did even screen several Polish low-budget productions inviting people who were involved in production. But it was difficult to find movies like that regularly. If you would like to screen yours movie or movie of your friend, let me know! When after almost 90 years Poland finally got first Oscar, (We have only one small category - foreign language film) Paweł organized screening of "Ida" in cinema twice. In his opinion English subtitles well very much cenzored which ... is the key reason why this movie get oscar. Nevertheless first Paweł's impression about the event was terrible. 60 people in the hall, for many of them it was the first Polish film they will ever see, at least half of them eating chips making huge noice with their plastic packages, one person even open yoghurt, take the spoon and start to eat regular supper... Paweł though that that will be huge failer, those people probably expect an easy entertainment, American style shallow action or comedy film, but... At the end of the screening there was about 2 minutes of total silence... and then huge applause after. Paweł thinks that something very important happened that night and those emotions related made this project very valuable! Each movie is followed by Pawel's or his friend introduction. Sometimes they also screen very rare and almost impossible to find online interviews with director. Off course all materials are with English subtitles. Sometimes screening of the movie is connected with the tour in the museum or around the city if the topic is related. Integration in English & Party 

#cinema #arthouse #localcinema #polishmovie #polishcinema #kinastudyjne #film #movie #krakow
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/krakow/movies-presented-by-natives-british/200030637534704
- **Event Categories**: Entertainment, Workshops, Meetups, Art, literary-art, comedy, trips-adventures
- **Interested Audience**: 
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## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Krakow
- **state**: MA
- **country**: Poland
- **location**: Kawiarnia Literacka
- **lat**: 50.04761
- **long**: 19.94345
- **full address**: Kawiarnia Literacka, ulica Krakowska 41, 31-066 Kraków, Polska, Krakow, Poland

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Movies presented by natives British being held?
  - **A:** Movies presented by natives British takes place on Thu, 17 Sep, 2026 at 06:30 pm to Thu, 17 Sep, 2026 at 11:00 pm at Kawiarnia Literacka, ulica Krakowska 41, 31-066 Krakow, Polska, Krakow, Poland.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Movies presented by natives British?
  - **A:** Movies presented by natives British is organized by Good events with Pawel.

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