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Tag Archives: Irene Papas
Witness Out of Hell / Die Zeugin aus der Hölle (1967) Zivorad ‘Zika’ Mitrovic, Irene Papas, Daniel Gélin, Heinz Drache

Leah Weiss, a Polish Jew, was first forced into prostitution at Auschwitz. Read More »
Fallen Angels (1948) Nikos Tsiforos, Hristos Tsaganeas

Elli’s mother is sick and the family is poor. Elli’s stepfather, a small time crook Read More »
Island (1989) Paul Cox, Irene Papas, Eva Sitteová, Anoja Weerasinghe

A formerly rich Czech-Australian emigrant comes to a tiny, poor and sleepy Greek Island to rethink her life. Read More »
Zorba the Greek / Alexis Sorbas (1964) Mihalis Kakogiannis, Anthony Quinn, Alan Bates, Irene Papas

Traveling to inspect an abandoned mine his father owns in Crete, English author Basil (Alan Bates) Read More »
Iphigenia / Ifigeneia (1977) Michael Cacoyannis, Irene Papas, Kostas Kazakos, Kostas Karras

The Greek army is about to set sail to a great battle, but the winds refuse to blow. Read More »
Trap for the Assassin AKA Roger la Honte (1966) Riccardo Freda, Georges Géret, Irene Papas, Jean-Pierre Marielle

In the period following the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, Roger Laroque became the owner of a small factory. Read More »
The Message AKA Al-Risâlah (1977) Moustapha Akkad, Anthony Quinn, Irene Papas, Michael Ansara

This must-see epic depicts the birth of Islam. In the 7th century Mohammed is visited by Angel Gabriel Read More »
Z (1969) Costa-Gavras, Yves Montand, Irene Papas, Jean-Louis Trintignant

In a military-led country, a pacifist organization, which supports the opposition party in the government, is planning on holding an anti-military rally. Read More »
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) Charles Jarrott, Richard Burton, Geneviève Bujold, Irene Papas

Henry VIII of England discards one wife Katharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir, in favor of a young and beautiful woman Read More »
Party (1996) Manoel de Oliveira, Michel Piccoli, Irene Papas, Leonor Silveira

The battle of the sexes? The forces of despair and seduction? On S. Miguel in the Azores, Rogério, a young man with old money Read More »
Oasis of Fear (1971) Umberto Lenzi, Irene Papas, Ray Lovelock, Ornella Muti

Two hippies find themselves on the run from the law and soon end up going undercover in a villa owned by a mysterious woman. Read More »
Up, Down and Sideways (1993) Michael Cacoyannis, Irene Papas, Stratos Tzortzoglou, Panos Mihalopoulos, Comedy

A parody of the life in Athens of the 90ies where a widow and her son get entangled in crazy situations. Read More »
High Season (1987) Clare Peploe, Jacqueline Bisset, James Fox, Irene Papas, Comedy, Romance

About the isle of Rhodes, Katherine, an expatriate English photographer, lives with her daughter. Read More »
Noces de sang (1977) Souheil Ben-Barka, Irene Papas, Laurent Terzieff, Djamila, Drama

In a small village in southern Morocco, Amrouch cannot, because of his social position, marry the daughter of a wealthy farmer from the nearby village. Read More »