Henry Dunant: Red on the Cross

2006

Henry Dunant, son of a Geneva francophone upper class bourgeoisie family, works for a Swiss exploitation company in French Algeria; when the colonists are thirsty, he returns determined to convince the firm and emperor Napoleon II......

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French   2006   99 min   Biography Movies from Greece   2024-03-23

Buzz

2005

A journey to places, where the overseen Hollywood screenwriter Albert Isaac "Buzz" Bezzerides lived and worked, revealing the operation of Hollywood's production system in the 40ies, 50ies, 60ies and more ......

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English   2005   118 min   Biography Movies from Greece   2024-10-31

To monon tis zois tou taxeidion

2001

As Georgios Vizneyos, one of Greece's greatest authors, degenerates in an Athens mental asylum, the tale of another story-teller, his grandfather, begins to emerge through his mad ramblings. This lavish film recreates (through his......

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Greek   2001   85 min   Biography Movies from Greece   2023-11-26

Athanasios Hristopoulos, enas lismonimenos poiitis

2001

The life and work of the Greek poet Athanasios Christopoulos....

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Greek   2001   61 min   Biography Movies from Greece   2023-11-26

Cavafy

1996

Loosely based on the life of Greek poet Konstantinos Kavafis....

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Greek, French, English, Arabic   1996   85 min   Biography Movies from Greece   2023-07-13

Lysippos Epoesen

1996

The story and the art of Alexander the Great's exclusive portraitist....

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Greek   1996   57 min   Biography Movies from Greece   2023-11-13

Stavros Tornes, o ftohos kynigos tou Notou

1994

The film traces Tornes' imagery, infiltrates the memories of his closest friends and presents the portrait of a filmmaker who made something out of nothing and stayed true to himself and his vision until the end....

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Greek   1994   78 min   Biography Movies from Greece   2023-11-10

The Blue Exile

1993

Cevat Sakir is an exile punished for publishing an article regarding that government executed deserters from army, subsequently he was sent to Bodrum where he realized Bodrum is a heavenly place and decided to stay as he found a n......

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Turkish   1993   108 min   Biography Movies from Greece   2023-07-07

I ektelesi

1993

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Greek   1993   52 min   Biography Movies from Greece   2023-09-23

Byron: Ballad for a Daemon

1992

Poet Lord Byron decides to fight with the Greek revolutionaries in Missolonghi against the Turks but instead the glorious battle wrestles with fever and his own demons....

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English, Greek   1992   138 min   Biography Movies from Greece   2023-10-08

Akrivi mou Sofia

1990

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Greek   1990   1 h   Biography Movies from Greece   2023-11-17

Trojans

1990

A brief look at the life of the Greek poet Constantine Cavafy....

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English   1990   33 min   Biography Movies from Greece   2023-10-07

Aenigma est

1990

Life and work of painter Giorgio de Chirico, born in Volos, Greece in 1888 and died 1978....

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Greek   1990   72 min   Biography Movies from Greece   2023-10-16

The Life and Work of Melpo Axioti

1989

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Greek   1989   35 min   Biography Movies from Greece   2024-03-29

I zoi kai to ergo ton adelfon Manakia

1988

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Greek   1988   65 min   Biography Movies from Greece   2023-11-12

Theophilos

1987

The life and death of Theophilos, the major folk painter of modern Greek art....

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Greek   1987   115 min   Biography Movies from Greece   2023-07-19

Meteor & Shadow

1985

The rise and fall of the Greek poet Napoleon Lapathiotis....

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Greek   1985   101 min   Biography Movies from Greece   2023-06-25

Giannis Ritsos

1984

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Greek   1984   90 min   Biography Movies from Greece   2023-11-12

Rembetiko

1983

The story of a group of Rembetes, singers and musicians of the Greek equivalent to the blues, in the early decades of the 20th century, seen through the eyes of a young female singer....

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Greek   1983   110 min   Biography Movies from Greece   2023-06-22

Giannis Tsarouhis - Spoudi gia ena portraito

1981

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Greek   1981   80 min   Biography Movies from Greece   2023-11-12

Aris Velouhiotis: To dilimma

1981

Historical-political documentary about the life and activity of a mythical figure of EAM Movement and the National Resistance, that the captain of ELAS Ari Velouhioti....

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Greek, German, English   1981   100 min   Biography Movies from Greece   2023-10-17

Eleftherios Venizelos: 1910-1927

1980

The life and work of Greek politician Eleftherios Venizelos from his election in 1910 until 1927....

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Greek, German, English   1980   175 min   Biography Movies from Greece   2023-08-15

The Man with the Carnation

1980

The story of Nikos Belogiannis, member of the Greek Communist Party and officer of ELAS....

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Greek, English   1980   125 min   Biography Movies from Greece   2023-06-21

Makarios, i megali poreia

1977

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Greek   1977   130 min   Biography Movies from Greece   2023-10-24

Alexander the Great

1977

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Greek   1977   110 min   Biography Movies from Greece   2023-10-16

Athanates istories agapis

1976

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Greek   1976   45 min   Biography Movies from Greece   2023-11-12

Pavlos Melas

1974

The military action of a Greek officer, Pavlos Melas, for the liberation of Macedonia from the Turks and Bulgarians. A story stick to the facts for the heroism and sacrifice of the Greeks. Pavlos Melas is the symbol of the struggl......

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Greek   1974   195 min   Biography Movies from Greece   2023-06-11

Grigoris Afxentiou - enas iroas me to mnimoskopio

1973

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Greek   1973   80 min   Biography Movies from Greece   2023-10-20

To frourio ton athanaton

1971

It is the narrative of the true history of the abduction of a German, General Heinrich Kreipe from British commandos and Greek resistance in Crete during the Second World War. It was one of the greatest achievement in this war....

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Greek   1971   90 min   Biography Movies from Greece   2023-10-20

Manto Mavrogenous

1971

As the war for the independence of Greece in the early-1820s rages on, the fervent patriot and fearless commander, Mando Mavrogenous, engages herself in an intense relationship with Prince Demetrios Ypsilantis....

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Greek   1971   95 min   Biography Movies from Greece   2023-10-02

Papaflessas

1971

Under the Ottomans' reign of terror in early-1820s Greece, Papaflessas played a key role in the nation's uprising to gain its independence, until his heroic fall against the tyrants' brutal multitudes, on May 20, 1825....

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Greek   1971   130 min   Biography Movies from Greece   2023-09-12

Eleftherios Venizelos

1966

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Greek   1966   90 min   Biography Movies from Greece   2023-10-18

Bouboulina

1959

Captain Lascarina decides to organize the revolution in Spetses despite her double widowhood. In the struggle for the liberation of Greece, she gives all her property, fighting along with her lads....

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Greek   1959   84 min   Biography Movies from Greece   2023-10-01

The Duchess of Plakendia

1956

After leaving Nafplio, the first capital of the newly founded Greek Nation, the affluent French Duchess of Plaisance and ardent philhellene, Sophie de Marbois-Lebrun, moves to Athens with her young daughter, Eliza, circa 1834....

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Greek   1956   94 min   Biography Movies from Greece   2023-07-17

Ai teleftaiai imerai tou Odysseos Androutsou

1929

Odysseas Androutsos calls a cease-fire with Omer Pasha of Euboea and starts preparing Greek defensive strongholds in eastern Roumeli. But his ex-lieutenant Gouras conspires against him, accuses him of betrayal and has him executed....

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N/A   1929   N/A   Biography Movies from Greece   2023-10-02

Maria Pentagiotissa

1927

Maria, a beautiful girl, baptized by Father Gavriil, joins gang leader Davelis and returns to her village to take revenge on the people who had treated her badly....

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None   1927   100 min   Biography Movies from Greece   2023-07-18