Greek submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
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- DirectorGiorgos ZervosStarsJenny KareziGiorgos FoundasEleni ZafeiriouA rich and spoiled daughter of a businessman seduces a charming fisherman, upsetting his life and his relationship with the woman he loved and was about to marry.
- DirectorMichael CacoyannisStarsIrene PapasGiannis FertisAleka KatselliLiving in exile after the death of their father, the grown children of a murdered and usurped king converge to exact eye-for-an-eye revenge.
- DirectorVasilis GeorgiadisStarsJenny KareziGiorgos FoundasDimitris PapamichaelThe inextricably intertwined stories of five women who work as prostitutes just before the ban on brothels in Troumba.
- DirectorKostas ManoussakisStarsPetros FyssounManos KatrakisDimitris MyratA Nazi officer arrives in occupied Athens in 1941 and falls in love with a Jewish girl, unaware of her true identity.
- DirectorVasilis GeorgiadisStarsNikos KourkoulosMary HronopoulouGiannis VoglisIn Greece, in the early part of the 20th century, two brothers from a wealthy landowning family have opposite views on how the poor workers who work on their land should be treated.
- DirectorGiorgos SkalenakisStarsElena NathanailSpyros FokasThodoros RoubanisWhile on vacation with her husband, a beautiful woman falls in love with a handsome local, risking everything.
- DirectorVasilis GeorgiadisStarsGiannis VoglisAnne LonnbergKostas BakasA shepherd falls in love with an English tourist in Greece.
- DirectorTheodoros AngelopoulosStarsEva KotamanidouVangelis KazanAliki GeorgouliGreece, 1939-1952: Fascist, Nazi, and Communist conflict, as seen through the eyes of a family of travelling provincial players.
- DirectorMichael CacoyannisStarsIrene PapasKostas KazakosKostas KarrasTo appease offended gods before going to war, a commander must sacrifice his favorite daughter to them but does so under the pretext of marrying her off.
- DirectorNikos TzimasStarsAlekos AlexandrakisAngelos AntonopoulosKostas KazakosThe story of Nikos Belogiannis, member of the Greek Communist Party and officer of ELAS.
- DirectorGiorgos KatakouzinosStarsMichalis ManiatisDionysis XanthosKaterina HelmyA handsome young Athenian attempts to escape his abusive alcoholic father and the grinding poverty of his daily life by falling in love with a macho sailor who promises him a better life.
- DirectorLakis PapastathisStarsDimitris KatalifosStamatis FasoulisDimitris KaberidisThe life and death of Theophilos, the major folk painter of modern Greek art.
- DirectorGiorgos KarypidisStarsGiorgos KonstasMakis ArvanitakisTasos GoudelisA music composer tries to deposit money in his bank one morning, and is accused of counterfeiting. Harassed by the police, the gang of counterfeiters and a stranger, he becomes panic-stricken. The unjust charge brought against him ignites his deeper feelings of guilt which stem from his sterile existence and, mainly, from his inability to produce creative work. Then he flees and begins wandering in an unfamiliar "country" where his painful adventures will finally prove redeeming. The film is an existential drama in the form of a "dreamlike" thriller.
- DirectorTheodoros AngelopoulosStarsMichalis ZekeTania PalaiologouStratos TzortzoglouTwo children journey the long road to Germany to find the man they believe to be their father.
- DirectorStavros TsiolisStarsArgyris BakirtzisLazaros AndreouDora MasklavanouBest friends Panagiotis and Giannis are looking for a date tree in Peloponnese to prove the innocence or guilt of Panagiotis' wife, who may or may not have been Giannis' lover.
- DirectorTheodoros AngelopoulosStarsHarvey KeitelMaia MorgensternErland JosephsonAn exiled filmmaker finally returns to his home country where former mysteries and afflictions of his early life come back to haunt him once more.
- DirectorAndreas PantzisStarsGeorges CorrafaceDimitris VelliosValeria GolinoLonging for a better life, Evagoras and Onisilios decide to emigrate to the Persian Gulf to earn enough money to start their own business. When they return home, the pair open a night club. However, their past catches up with them.
- DirectorTheodoros AngelopoulosStarsBruno GanzIsabelle RenauldFabrizio BentivoglioFamous writer Alexander is very ill and has little time left to live. He meets a little boy on the street, who is an illegal immigrant from Albania, and goes on a journey with him to take the boy home.
- DirectorConstantine GiannarisStarsStathis PapadopoulosCostas KotsianidisPanagiotis ChartomatsidisA group of Pontian Greek immigrant teenage dreamers dwelling marginalised in the notorious and lustreless wild suburbia, witness the city's repulsive face and an unrelenting world defined by prostitution, drugs, and inevitably, loss.
- DirectorCostas KapakasStarsGeorges CorrafaceAgeliki SpiliopoulouAnny LoulouWith the sweet taste of love's first kiss in his mouth, an engineer takes a trip down memory lane after receiving an invitation from an old friend. Thirty years after that innocent peck on the lips, fate reunites two estranged soulmates.
- DirectorNikos ZapatinasStarsGiorgos KimoulisNikos KalogeropoulosEvelina PapouliaA convict out of prison to visit his mother, followed by two policemen. A lunatic out of the asylum, followed by two doctors. Their meeting is the beginning of the most hilarious situations, as they begin their quest for freedom.
- DirectorLakis PapastathisStarsIlias LogothetisFragiski MoustakiLazaros AndreouAs 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 own words) the writer's childhood life, rich with fantasy and legend. Apprenticed to a tailor, young Georgios' mind is filled with his grandfather fairy tales. He ponders the hill from which one can climb into the sky and waits each day for the chance to bring clothes to the princess and win her heart through song. But, just as reality begins to germinate doubt in his mind, Georgios is called home to his ailing grandfather, who will reveal one final, true story that may prove to be the most fantastic of all.
- DirectorKaterina EvangelakouStarsMania PapadimitriouIvonni MaltezouChristos StergioglouAll indications were that Maraki was made for great things, for honor and distinctions. And yet contrary to all expectations our heroine cops out. She refuses to take the university entrance exams is left behind in the country town selling fruit tarts. No one can figure out how come that whiz kid got left behind. Neither can anyone understand why Maraki isn't mad at fate for having wronged her so flagrantly. How does she manage to be so creative and optimistic, ready to do battle with the everyday injustices of life wherever the may appear? She appears to understand something that all the others ignore.
- DirectorTassos BoulmetisStarsGeorges CorrafaceIeroklis MichaelidisRenia LouizidouA Greek boy grows up to become a talented cook after political turmoil forces his family to leave Turkey.