1821 at the Cinema

2021DocumentaryHistory

In 1821, in Cinema, he records the cinematic representations of the Revolution from the first decades of the 20th century. until the present day. Despite the fact that the Revolution of 1821 constitutes the founding act of the modern Greek state, as a subject matter it is underrepresented in national film production. This is one of the points on which the research looks, which simultaneously examines the periods of concentration of films on the subject of the Revolution or, respectively, the periods of its collective silence. The purpose of the documentary is to study the ideological discourse and the cinematic language of the films with the theme of 1821, in order to highlight the function of the cinema as a carrier of Public History and as a factor in shaping the collective historical consciousness.

Original titleΤο 1821 στον Κινηματογράφο

Release2021-10-14

Runtime32 min

StatusReleased

CountriesGreece

Original languageEL

SpokenGreek

DirectorApostolos Karakasis, Eleftheria Thanouli

WritersParis Mouratidis, Eleftheria Thanouli

ProductionΕργαστήριο Μελέτης Ελληνικού Κινηματογράφου και Τηλεόρασης (ΕΜΕΚΤ), Film School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Aristotle University Thessaloniki

Popularity3

TMDB ID1002887

Director

Apostolos Karakasis

Director

Eleftheria Thanouli

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1821 at the Cinema

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