Greek Film Archive
Cinema and the City
The Greek Film Archive's Cinema and the City tribute is a treat for film buffs. Movies by Wenders, Moretti, S. Coppola, Woody Allen, Truffaut, Sjöman and others will be screened later in September. On 29-30 June, three restored silent films about Athens and Berlin will be screened, in collaboration with the Athens Festival:
29 June / 21:00
The Adventures of Villar by Joseph Hepp (1924, running time 26')
An invaluable portrait of 1920s Athens.
People on Sunday / Menschen am Sonntag by Robert Siodmak, Edgar G. Ulmer, Rochus Gliese (1929-1930, running time 74')
A study on leisure time, set in Berlin.
Original composition - Live music Minas Ι. Alexiadis
30 Junε / 21:00
Social Decay by Stelios Tatasopoulos (1932, running time 62')
Original composition K. VITA
The first social realism film in the history of Greek cinema.
Supported by COSMOTE
Co-funded by Greece and the European Union
