#greek films
Δεσποινίς Διευθυντής / Ms. Manager (1964), by Dinos Dimopoulos with Tzeni Karezi and Alekos Alexandrakis.
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Greek films that draw their themes and visuals from the antiquity:
Η τροφός / The nurse (2000), by Yorgos Tzaneris
This is a short film by Yorgos Tzaneris, based on Euripides’ Medea. It is a monologue by the nurse of Medea’s children, also her nurse in her childhood, about Medea’s murders. In the role of the nurse leads Chrysoula Diavati, and Georgia Anesti is portraying a silent Medea.
Most notably, the director of photography is Dinos Katsourides, one of the most important directors, editors and directors of photography of modern Greece. He passed away recently in 2011. The top images are from a documentary series about greek directors of photography. You can see some scenes from this short between 43:00 and 47:00- which I recommend, it’s visually compelling.
This is a short I would have loved to watch, but I don’t think it’s anywhere to be found online.
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Greek Tragedy.
Electra (Ηλέκτρα) film by Michael Cacoyannis, 1962.
~ Clytemnestra: “Father, father, father! Your perpetual excuse—Your father got his death from me. From me! That’s right! I make no denial. It was Justice who took him, not I alone. And you should have helped if you had any conscience. For this father of yours, This one you bewail, This unique Greek, Had the heart to sacrifice your own sister to the gods.”
Electra by Sophocles.
Undeniably this is one of my favorite films, with splendid cinematography, the actors are also very charming, a must for all lovers of ancient Greek mythology and drama.
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