Biography: Theo Angelopoulos |
Though he may not be well known amongst the general populace of American moviegoers, filmmaker, screenwriter and producer Theo Angelopoulos is one of the premiere contemporary directors in his native Greece, and according to some critics, the world.... more
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Length: 125min
A filmmaker looks to his family's history as the basis for a historical epic that reflects some of the most tumultuous events of the 20th Century in this grand-scale drama from Theo Angelopoulos. A. (Willem Dafoe) is a director struggling to complete...
Tags: Melodrama Historical Epic Drama
Length: 178min
Master Greek filmmaker Theo Angelopoulos wrote and directed this downbeat look at his nation's often blighted history, as seen through the eyes of an unfortunate young couple. In 1919, a band of Greek refugees who had found a home in Odessa are forced...
Cast: Ethan Coen Roman Polanski Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Length: 119min
At the time of its production, To Each His Own Cinema represented the latest arrival in a tidal wave of internationally oriented omnibus films, with no official relation between them but all produced within a few years of one another. Few could claim...
Tags: Road Movie Psychological Drama Drama
Length: 134min
Theo Angelopoulos (Reconstruction) directed this 1998 ~Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or winner about a famed author nearing the end of his life. Alexander (Bruno Ganz) lives in his old seaside family home near Thessaloniki, but his daughter and...
To Meteoro Vima tou Pelargou (1991)
Cast: Jeanne Moreau
Tags: Psychological Drama Political Drama Reunion Films Drama
Length: 151min
Four countries-France, Greece, Italy and Switzerland-converged upon the production of Suspended Step of Stork. The film is set on the Greek border, where a steady stream of refugees flows on a perpetual basis. Reporter Gregory Karr thinks that he's...
Cast: Claude Lelouch Ismail Merchant Jacques Rivette Liv Ullmann Wim Wenders Patrice Leconte Spike Lee Andrei Konchalovsky
Tags: Art Film
Length: 88min
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Lumière brothers' first films, filmmakers Sarah Moon and Philippe Poulet challenged 39 renowned international directors to each complete a 52-second film using the original Cinematographe camera under...
Tags: Road Movie Childhood Drama Drama
Length: 126min
Produced, directed and written in his traditionally episodic fashion by Greek filmmaker Theo Angelopoulos, the internationally produced Landscape in the Mist concentrates on a pair of runaway children, played by Tania Palaiogou and Michalis Zeke. The...
Enas Melissokomos Petheni - O Alles Mythos (1986)
Cast: Marcello Mastroianni
Length: 80min
With no other apparent purpose than simply recording the making of The Beekeeper by director Theo Angelopoulos, this documentary is a very slight offering. Maria Hatzimichali Papliou follows the shooting schedule of the film from northern Greece to...
Cast: Theo Angelopoulos Harvey Keitel
Tags: Political Drama Road Movie Drama
Length: 177min
Winner of the Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, this drama centers on the Balkan conflict as viewed through the eyes of a filmmaker named A (Harvey Keitel). Director Theo Angelopoulos wrote the screenplay, drawing from personal experiences. A...
Tags: Drama Psychological Drama Road Movie
Length: 142min
In this compelling drama, Marcello Mastroianni gives a tour-de-force interpretation of a disillusioned middle-aged man, a bee keeper who inherited the passion for his vocation from his father. After weeping silently at the end of his daughter's...
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