An exiled filmmaker finally returns to his home country where former mysteries and afflictions of his early life come back to haunt him once more.
Status
Released
Original Language
EL
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Release Date
October 12, 1995
Popularity
1
Director
Theo Angelopoulos
Writer
Theo Angelopoulos
Producer
Éric Heumann
Producer
Ivan Milovanovic
Where to Watch
Cast
Harvey Keitel
A
Erland Josephson
Ivo Levy
Maia Morgenstern
Ulysses' Wives
Thanasis Veggos
Taxi Driver
Giorgos Mihalakopoulos
Nikos
Dora Volanaki
Old Woman
Mania Papadimitriou
Mother
Giorgos Konstas
Father
Thanos Grammenos
Manakias' Assistant
Alekos Oudinotis
Greek Film Library Manager
Angel Ivanov
Bulgarian Interrogator
Ljuba Tadić
Vaggelis Liodakis
Gert Llanaj
Little Boy
Agni Vlahou
Giannis Zavradinos
Vangelis Kazan
Mirka Kalatzopoulou
Dimitris Kamberidis
Uncle
Eva Kotamanidou
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Reviews
deepkino
This is a journey film—both internal and external—set across Albania, Romania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Greece. The story follows a director on a quest to find the lost film by the Manakis brothers, purported to be Greece's first motion picture. However, his search leads him not to a cinematic treasure, but to the slow death agony of the Balkans themselves. His journey culminates not in discovery, but in depression, pain, and a profound sense of defeat—a feeling powerfully symbolized by the recurring image of a fragmented statue of Lenin.
