Alexander the Great (1980)

Review: Alexander the Great (1980)

Director: Theo Angelopoulos

Cast: Omero Antonutti, Eva Kotamanidou, Mihalis Giannatos, Grigoris Evangelatos, Miranda Kounelaki,

Omero Antonutti
Omero Antonutti
Eva Kotamanidou
Eva Kotamanidou
Mihalis Giannatos
Mihalis Giannatos
Grigoris Evangelatos
Grigoris Evangelatos
Miranda Kounelaki
Miranda Kounelaki

Plot: Alexander, a tribal warlord and former political prisoner, kidnaps British tourists, holding them for ransom until Britain and the Greek puppet government in Athens meet his demand for amnesty for his band of freedom fighters.

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The 5th Hong Kong International Film Festival, part ten

The 5th Hong Kong International Film Festival, part ten

Part eight of my review of what I saw at the Fifth Hong Kong International Film Festival covers my introduction to the great Greek filmmaker Theodoros Angelopoulos, who addresses the fraught political history of 20th Century Greece in four […]

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