Movies: Theo Angelopoulos

The assassin of a prominent trade unionist takes a conservative MP hostage, throwing the government into a state of disarray....

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....

A magistrate reconstructs the murder of Costas Ghoussis, a labourer who was killed by his wife and her lover....

During a hunting party on New Year's Eve 1976, five representatives of the bourgeoisie encounter with their companion the body of a partisan from the Civil War of the late forties. What they are most confused about is the fact that the corpse that li...

At the 60th anniversary of Cannes Film Festival, 34 famous directors are followed by camera....

A hstory of the Cannes Film Festival's Director's Fortnight selection....

An anthology film following different stories around the theme of invisibility in the modern world....

The team of journalists of a radio show asks women on the street for their definition of the ideal man in order to conduct a search for someone to fill the bill, a specimen who has all these characteristics. The lucky guy will spend a few hours in th...

Documentary that recounts the ups and downs of the shooting of Eternity and a Day (1998), focusing on the exhaustive preparation of the shot-sequence that closes the film, and the peculiar way in which Theo Angelopoulos works with his technical team ...

A journey through history...

Athens 1967. The political assassinations and the background between the government and foreign powers, on the occasion of the "Polk Case", where an innocent leftist was convicted for the murder of an American journalist in Greece....

Michel Demopoulos directed only one film in his life: a documentary about the shooting of Theo Angelopoulos’ O Thiasos / The Travelling Players (1975)....

A doctor from Paris travels to North Africa to investigate the murder of a friend and find a lost boy....

Short film created for the 2012 anthology 'Mundo Invisível' (Invisible World)....

A Greek strongman seduces a young tourist and spend the day with her. "Jimmis the Tiger" is a family sportsman, who makes a living by showing off his skills in impromptu "shows" on the streets of Athens. One day a young German woman approaches him an...

A poetic visit to the city of Athens, based on paintings, poems and philosophical texts....

A documentary shown on Greek television in 1981, that describes the plight of Greek villages abandoned by their inhabitants. Some scenes from this film were rewritten into Voyage to Cythera....

A documentary that focuses on Abbas Kiarostami's cinematic philosophy talking to himself and other figures, and also seeks the opinion about his works both inside and outside his homeland....

A film director, his relationships with women and the expression of his bitterly emotions about cinema and Greece...

Theo Angelopoulos: A Lifework in Film...