Eneide (TV serial)

Eneide
GenreAdventure, mythology
Based onAeneid by Virgil
Screenplay byArnaldo Bagnasco
Vittorio Bonicelli
P. M. Pasinetti
Mario Prosperi
Franco Rossi
Directed byFranco Rossi
StarringGiulio Brogi
Olga Karlatos
Theme music composerMario Nascimbene
Country of originItaly
West Germany
France
Yugoslavia
Original languageItalian
No. of episodes7
Production
CinematographyVittorio Storaro
EditorGiorgio Serrallonga
Running time311 minutes
100 minutes (theatrical)
Original release
NetworkProgramma Nazionale
Release19 December 1971 (1971-12-19) 
30 January 1972 (1972-01-30)

Eneide is a seven-episode 1971–1972 Italian television drama, adapted by Franco Rossi from Virgil's epic poem the Aeneid. It stars Giulio Brogi as Aeneas and Olga Karlatos as Dido, and also stars Alessandro Haber, Andrea Giordana and Marilù Tolo. RAI originally broadcast the hour-long episodes from 19 December 1971 to 30 January 1972. A shorter theatrical version was released in 1974 as Le avventure di Enea.