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Days of '36

Original title: Meres tou '36
  • 19721972
  • 1h 45m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
1.1K
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Days of '36 (1972)
  • Drama
  • History
When a trade unionist is murdered in broad daylight, the suspects rounded up include Sofianos, who doggedly maintains his innocence. When a minister visits his cell, he tricks his warders an... Read allWhen a trade unionist is murdered in broad daylight, the suspects rounded up include Sofianos, who doggedly maintains his innocence. When a minister visits his cell, he tricks his warders and takes the man hostage, threatening to kill him.When a trade unionist is murdered in broad daylight, the suspects rounded up include Sofianos, who doggedly maintains his innocence. When a minister visits his cell, he tricks his warders and takes the man hostage, threatening to kill him.
IMDb RATING
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1.1K
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  • Director
    • Theodoros Angelopoulos
  • Writers
    • Theodoros Angelopoulos
    • Stratis Karras
    • Petros Markaris
  • Stars
    • Vangelis Kazan
    • Kostas Pavlou
    • Thanos Grammenos
Top credits
  • Director
    • Theodoros Angelopoulos
  • Writers
    • Theodoros Angelopoulos
    • Stratis Karras
    • Petros Markaris
  • Stars
    • Vangelis Kazan
    • Kostas Pavlou
    • Thanos Grammenos
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    • 5User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 2 nominations

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    Vangelis Kazan
    Vangelis Kazan
    Kostas Pavlou
    • Sofianosas Sofianos
    Thanos Grammenos
    Thanos Grammenos
    • Brother of Convictas Brother of Convict
    Giorgos Kyritsis
    Giorgos Kyritsis
    • Kontaxisas Kontaxis
    Petros Zarkadis
    Petros Zarkadis
    Christoforos Nezer
    Christoforos Nezer
    • Prison Directoras Prison Director
    Toula Stathopoulou
    Toula Stathopoulou
    Christos Kalavrouzos
    Christos Kalavrouzos
    Vasilis Tsaglos
    Vasilis Tsaglos
    • Astyfylakasas Astyfylakas
    Giannis Kandilas
    Giannis Kandilas
    • Hostageas Hostage
    Petros Hoedas
    Takis Doukakos
    • Chief of Policeas Chief of Police
    • (as T. Doukakos)
    Alekos Boubis
      Giorgos Tzifos
      Giorgos Tzifos
      Kaiti Ibrohori
      Kaiti Ibrohori
      Kostas Sfikas
      Kostas Sfikas
      Yannis Smaragdis
      Yannis Smaragdis
      Petros Markaris
      Petros Markaris
      • Director
        • Theodoros Angelopoulos
      • Writers
        • Theodoros Angelopoulos
        • Stratis Karras
        • Petros Markaris
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      • Trivia
        Part I of "A Trilogy of History" by Theodoros Angelopoulos.
      • Goofs
        There about 5 minutes that the mic and shadow of the mic seen. 13 minutes to 18 of the movie.
      • Connections
        Featured in Apefasisamen kai diatassomen: I Hounta, i logokrisia kai o ellinikos kinimatografos (1967 - 1974) (1997)

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      7/10
      Early Film from a Master of Cinema
      Theodoros Angelopoulos was probably Greece's finest film maker. He had an eye for the artistic and went on to develop a style that others could never even hope to emulate, with long shots, clever and alluring angles and a kind of cinematic poetry. This is his second full length film being made in 1972. It tells the story of Sofianos who is a former drug trafficker and police informant who is arrested for the assassination of a Trade Union leader.

      Once in prison the local MP comes to his aid only to be taken hostage. What follows is how the authorities deal with the crisis - badly. Now this is set just prior to the Metaxas dictatorship but was made during the rule of the so called generals and as such there was censorship. So this is allegorical in terms of how it is taking a swipe at the incompetence of the authorities and the parlous state of liberty in Greece at that time.

      The downside is that this is very slow and more is left unanswered than is ever even asked – if that indeed makes sense. There are the long shots the great camera angles and a cast of non actors. Some of the acting is wooden and some of the scenes are painfully staged. I like to think that this is deliberate to show the unreality, mundanity or even futility of how life then was. For a modern audience though this will be a hard watch. The print is excellent and looks like it was made only last year not in 1972. If you are an aficionado of cinema then you will want to see this, I appreciated it for its vision and other aspects as described above but at times I struggled with the pace; that having been said it has stayed with me, hence my rating.
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      • Release date
        • March 31, 1976 (Poland)
      • Country of origin
        • Greece
      • Languages
        • English
        • Greek
      • Also known as
        • Days of 36
      • Filming locations
        • Intzedin Fort, Chania, Crete, Greece
      • Production company
        • Papalios Productions
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      Technical specs

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      • Runtime
        1 hour 45 minutes
      • Color
        • Color
      • Sound mix
        • Mono
      • Aspect ratio
        • 1.37 : 1

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