“Blue Angel” was the -really- first, complete, talking film that was shot in Germany. The mythical film of the interwar period was directed by Josef Von Sternberg, who also signed the script together with the dramatist Carl Zuckmayer, an adaptation of the novel “Professor Unrat”, written by Heinrich Mann, in 1905. The classic work of

The Director who loved Greece as his homeland American director, screenwriter and actor Jules Dassin was born on December 18, 1911 in Middletown, Connecticut, USA. She was one of eight children of barber Samuel Dassin and Berth Vogel, a Russian-Jewish immigrant from Odessa. Shortly after his birth, the family moved to Harlem and Jules attended

End titles for Dag films. In early 1931, the company Dag films of Gaziadis brothers presented her last film – they were preceded by “The Apaches of Athens” and the “Kiss me Maritsa” – with the title “Out poverty!” The director of the film, as in all productions of the company, was Dimitris Gaziadis and

«The 11th Day: Crete 1941» The film “The 11th Day: Crete 1941” was created by director and producer Christos Epperson and screenwriter and producer Michael Epperson. The funding was made by billionaire Alex Spanos. The photography is by Ian Asenbremer, edited by Jordan Dertinger, and the music was curated by composer Justin R. Durban. The

The Oscar is the most glamorous award in the world of Cinema. The coveted statuette, which emits charm, brilliance and glory, is eagerly desired by all! It is the big dream that some Greeks of the 7th Art managed to realize, proving that fairy tales are not only for the Screen of cinema. Let’s remember

“End and Beginning” or “The Crossroads” is the most important film about The Second World War in Greece. It is a Soviet film, by Greek filmmakers, inspired by the Battle of Crete. Directed by Manos Zacharias and written by Giorgos Sevastikoglou, the film Конец и начало/ The End and the Beginning was filmed in 1963,

Charlie Chaplin was a British comic actor, who became one of the greatest stars of silent cinema of the 20th century.Based on pantomime and special movements, he created the character of “Bum” and established a virtual figure in the World History of Cinema. Chaplin also moved on to directing films such as “The Lights of

The first Greek patriotic films in the History of Cinema The Chania Film Festival participates in the Celebration of the 200 Years since the Revolution of 1821 and remembers the first recordings of the Top Historical Event by the world of 7th Art. The first complete films of Greek Cinema begin, as we have mentioned

Films tender, touching, funny, bright films, filmscancan. Ideal films in the spirit of Christmas, which we have seen many times and we want to see them again and again on these festive days. The most classic undoubtedly Christmas movie is the It’s a Wonderful Life /A Wonderful Life (1964), directed by Frank Capra and starring

Edinburgh 25 August 1930 – Bahamas 31 October 2020 On Saturday, October 31, 2020, Sir Sean Connery passed away, at the age of 90. He left in his sleep, at his home in the Bahamas. The Scottish actor became famous for the legendary role of James Bond, the agent “007”. He was the first actor

100 years of magic with the Disney World. 100 years ago, in 1920, the world of animation made a big leap. Young Walt Disney got his first job as a cartoonist. It was January 29, 1920, when eighteen-year-old Walt Disney, got a job as a cartoonist at Kansas City Film Ad Co. The company that

The sensational performance of Katina Paxinou as Pilar Katina Paxinou was born on December 15, 1900, in Piraeus. He became a legend, always paying a similar price… On May 13, 1941, Katina Paxinou is in New York City. She performs Ibsen’s “Eda Gabler” in the theater when filmmakers discover it. She becomes the legendary Pilar

“Cinema in every way”, is the motto of the 61st International Film Festival! On the occasion of the Greek Film Festival , which takes place these days under difficult conditions in Thessaloniki, we remember the first winners. Back when cinema was a real Greek cinema and made the world in the dark halls overflowing with

Kimon Spathopoulos, known as “the Greek Charlotte”, was an artist who loved Cinema, through the multifaceted relationship he developed with the world of 7th Art. Born in Istanbul in 1904, he found himself in his youth working in Paris in various film studios, in the roles of a sidekick or in small roles of an

Rare cinematic topicals from the Historical Event In December 1913 Crete was united with Greece. The Cretans, after repeated battles and having gained their autonomy, began the struggle for unification with Greece. The pioneer of this historical period was Eleftherios Venizelos. The focus of the union’s celebration was Chania, which during the Turkish occupation played

Greece had just emerged from two bloody wars, and cinema was the object of progress, imagination, prosperity with both artistic and economic impact. The art of cinema activated in 1914 the pioneering producer and director Konstantinos Bahtatoris to collaborate with N. Hood and found on Chalkokondyli Street the “Scientific atelier – Athenis Films” that cost