Cinema
Γρηγόρης Αυξεντίου: Ένας ήρωας με το μνημοσκόπιο
Giorgos Filis · 1973
Synopsis
A staged documentary, in which actors re-enact the story of Grigoris Afxentiou, the deputy to the leader of the Greek Cypriots' armed struggle against the British; Stavros Modinos plays the role. The film focuses on the dramatic circumstances of March 1957, when the British army, informed by a betrayal, surrounded his hideout, near the monastery of Machairas in the Troodos mountains, with vehicles and helicopters.
Context
The film belongs to its author's political series, who followed it, in the year of the invasion, with a film on the way Cyprus had been betrayed, then in 1979 with another film on the history of the island. Shown at the Thessaloniki Film Festival in 1973, it won two awards there, one for its production, the other for the score by Vasilis Tenidis; the cinematography is by Takis Venetsanakos. It remains poorly documented: no database consulted gives its running time or a summary.
Who it is for
A documentary in Greek, partly dramatised, for readers interested in the memory of the anticolonial insurrection and in the beginnings of Cypriot cinema.
Prizes and reception
The Thessaloniki Festival awarded it in 1973 the prizes for best production and best music.