nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/e751916a2dea8a2c DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 260902s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/e751916a2dea8a2c doi eng 342 23 Kloth, Alexander Author aut Becoming the Sea People - Nolan’s Odyssey and Europe’s Responsibility for the International Legal Order Kloth, Alexander Verfassungsblog 2026-09-02 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Christopher Nolan’s long-awaited The Odyssey, released in mid-July, is already one of the most successful – and most controversial – films of 2026. The film retells the homecoming of Odysseus, king of Ithaca, after ten years of war at Troy. Odysseus was pivotal to that war, as he devised the famous Trojan horse that allowed the Greeks to enter and destroy the city. I suggest that the film can be read as a reflection on the current state of international law. I am aware that I am not the first to draw this parallel. In contrast to other contributions, however, I read the film from a European perspective as a parable about Europe’s place in a fraying international order and its responsibility to uphold the rules of public international law. CC BY-SA 4.0 Donald Trump European Union International Law NATO Use of Force Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/odyssey-international-law/ raw object