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Greek. O Drákos (Greek: Ο Δράκος; English: The Ogre of Athens or The fiend of Athens), or simply The Dragon, is a 1956 Greek existential and satirical drama crime film, directed by Nikos Koundouros. It tells the story of Thomas, a mousey and dull bank clerk whose physical appearance leads him to be confused with a fierce and notorious ...
Z. (1969 film) Z is a 1969 political thriller film directed by Costa-Gavras, from a screenplay he co-wrote with Jorge Semprún, adapted from the 1967 novel by Vassilis Vassilikos. The film presents a thinly fictionalized account of the events surrounding the assassination of democratic Greek politician Grigoris Lambrakis in 1963.
Ι Kalpiki lira / Η Κάλπικη λίρα (The Counterfeit Coin), George Tzavellas, 1955. Stella / Στέλλα, Michael Cacoyannis, 1955. Μαγική Πόλις / Magiki Polis (Magic City), 1955. Η Αρπαγή της Περσεφόνης / I Arpagi tis Persefonis, 1956. A Girl in Black / Το Κορίτσι με τα Μαύρα, Michael ...
Submissions. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited the film industries of various countries to submit their best film for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film since 1956. The Foreign Language Film Award Committee oversees the process and reviews all the submitted films. Following this, they vote via secret ...
Topkapi. (film) Topkapi is a 1964 American Technicolor heist film produced by Filmways Pictures and distributed by United Artists. [2] The film was produced and directed by the émigré American film director Jules Dassin. [2] The film is based on Eric Ambler 's novel The Light of Day [2] (1962), adapted as a screenplay by Monja Danischewsky.
In the spring of 1897, the Greeks of Athens watched the first cinematic ventures (short movies in "journal"). In 1906 Greek cinema was born when the Manakis brothers started recording in Macedonia, and the French filmmaker "Leons" produced the first "Newscast" from the midi-Olympic games of Athens (the unofficial Olympic games of 1906).
Electra (Greek: Ηλέκτρα Ilektra) is a 1962 Greek film based on the play Electra, written by Euripides. It was directed by Michael Cacoyannis, serving as the first installment of his "Greek tragedy" trilogy, followed by The Trojan Women in 1971 and Iphigenia in 1977. The film starred Irene Papas in the lead role as Elektra and Giannis ...
Category:Greek films. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Films of Greece. Although most films in this category are in Greek, one or two were filmed in other languages (such as English and French ).