A documentary about Eleusina. The past and the present, in complete antithesis, coexist in a place spoiled by modern industry but which long ago hosted the Eleusinian Mysteries Read More »
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O Megalexandros / Alexander the Great (1980) Theodoros Angelopoulos, Omero Antonutti, Eva Kotamanidou, Mihalis Giannatos, Drama
Lead by Alexandros (Omero Antonuti), a group of thieves escape from prison. They take several aristocrats hostage, and, together with a few anarchists Read More »
O Drakos / The Ogre of Athens (1956) Nikos Koundouros, Dinos Iliopoulos, Margarita Papageorgiou, Giannis Argyris, Crime, Drama
The film “O Drakos” is about a mousy, timid, bespectacled guy in Athens who sees a newspaper photo of a fugitive criminal mastermind called “The Fiend”. Read More »
Ilektra / Electra (1962) Mihalis Kakogiannis, Irene Papas, Giannis Fertis, Aleka Katselli, Drama
A powerful rendering of the tragedy of Elektra by Euripides, second in a trilogy. The film begins with a summary treatment without dialogue of the action of the preceding play Read More »
Bordello (1985) Nikos Koundouros, Marina Vlady, Eleonora Stathopoulou, Vasilis Laggos, Drama, Erotic
Crete 1897. Greek rebels gained their freedom by fighting in the mountains. Read More »
Magiki polis / The Magic City (1954) Nikos Koundouros, Giorgos Foundas, Margarita Papageorgiou, Stephanos Stratigos, Crime, Drama
Kosmas, a young man living in the slums, constantly tries to make ends meet, hoping for a better day. Read More »
Park (2016) Sofia Exarchou, Dimitris Kitsos, Dimitra Vlagopoulou, Thomas Bo Larsen, Drama
Young love blossoms amongst a group of Athenian teenagers during a boisterous summertime idyll, in the raw, romantic and anarchic feature debut from Greek New Wave director Sofia Exarchou. Read More »
Intimate Relations (1979) Omiros Efstratiadis, Jennifer Mason, Kostas Prekas, Hristos Nomikos, Crime, Erotic
Laura Ashter, a rich heiress who lives in Athens, falls victim of a robbery. Not only her jewelry disappear but the servant is murdered while trying to defend her. Read More »
Kynodontas / Dogtooth (2009) Yorgos Lanthimos, Christos Stergioglou, Michele Valley, Angeliki Papoulia, Drama, Thriller
Three teenagers are confined to an isolated country estate that could very well be on another planet. The trio spend their days listening to endless homemade tapes that teach them a whole new vocabulary. Read More »
To teleftaio psema / A Matter of Dignity (1957) Mihalis Kakogiannis, Ellie Lambeti, Athena Michaelidou, Eleni Zafeiriou, Drama
During one of her parents many parties, Chloe learns they’re bankrupt. She’s being courted by Niko, a wealthy Greek American, so she decides to charm him. He’s quickly captivated. That night, she also meets the masculine Galanos and sparks fly. Niko proposes, Chloe accepts, Galanos tries to change her mind. Her father wants to disclose their finances to Niko, her mother argues against it as a matter of dignity. The family’s long-time servant must care for her son, who’s had an accident. She’s has not been paid in months, reminds Chloe to send money, and waits in her village as hospital bills mount. The servant comes back to Athens, confronts Chloe’s mother, and a crisis ensues.
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Sto Hani / To The Inn (2003) George Bakolas, Dimitris Alexandris, Dimitris Xanthopoulos, Yiorgos Moroyiannis, Drama
Zissos and Apostolos are two Greeks who live in a city in the Ottoman Orient at the turn of the 20th century. Like some original sin, a load of gold sovereigns will lead them to travel and adventure and from there to their physical and spiritual deadlock.
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Tessera Mavra Kostoumia / 4 Black Suits (2010) Jenny Diagoupi, Renos Haralambidis, Eleana Karandinou, Comedy
Four bankrupt gravediggers organize their final funeral that will give them the opportunity to change their lives by leaving the profession – which they originally started out as a temporary gainful solution, but stayed in this for life.
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Imerologia katastromatos – Giorgos Seferis (2001) Stelios Haralambopoulos, Dimitris Katalifos, Documentary
A documentary made for the centennial of Giorgos Seferis’ birth. The movie was filmed in places where the great poet lived, both in Greece and abroad, with numerous references to his life and work.
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M’ agapas? / Love Me Not? (1989) Giorgos Panousopoulos, Andreas Barkoulis, Betty Livanou, Myrto Parashi, Comedy, Drama, Romance
The bitter-sweet story, told in flashbacks,of a man over fifty who spent his lifetime fascinated by women and the sexual power they exerted on him. This film celebrates eroticism. It contains sexually explicit scenes,male and female frontal nudity.
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Oi fotografoi / The photographers (1998) Nikos Koundouros, Michalis Iatropoulos, Katerina Pavlaki, Manos Vakousis, Adventure, Drama
In a nonaligned country, where a civil conflict is raging, a team of photographers follows a mercenary war lord, whose men wreak havoc among enemies and innocents alike. The story is a modern version of the tragedy Antigone, in a time when TV and the other media present unrelieved visions of war and bloody mayhem.
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