TAINIOTHIKI TIS ELLADOS – GREEK FOLM ARCHIV, Athens
Preserved films
POTAMI (The River), Greece 1958, Direction: Nikos Koundouros
NISSI TIS AFRODITIS (Aphrodite's Island), Greece 1969, Direction: Υiorgos Skalenakis
KANONI KE TO AIDONI (The Cannon and the nightingale), Greece 1968, Direction: Iacovos Kambanellis
Activities 27.10.
We have arranged a special screening of the restored Greek film “MATOMENA
CHRISTOUGENNA-BLOODY CHRISTMAS” (1951, dir.: Yiorgos Zervos)
accompanied by a discussion concerning the World Film Cultural Heritage
and Archive’ s work in terms of preservation/restoration of the
films. The screening will be done in Athens and has been organised
by the Greek Film Archive, Guild of Film Directors and Department of
MEDIA Communication.
MATOMENA CHRISTOUGENNA (Bloody Christmas)
Greece 1951
Direction: Yiorgos Zervos
b/w, sound, 27,5 min
“Bloody Christmas” is a melodrama set during the World War II, Elli Lambeti (a best-loved actresses in Greece) plays a heroic nurse who sacrifices her love affair for the sake of the anti-Nazi Resistance movement, with dire consequences for herself, her relatives and her lover. This adult role marked a turning point in Lambeti’ s screen career. This film was restored in the context of Lumiere Project by Greek Film Archive and Stiftung Deutsche Kinemathek.