Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Omero Antonutti | ... | Alexandros | |
Eva Kotamanidou | ... | Alexandros' Daughter | |
Mihalis Giannatos | ... | Dragoumanos | |
Grigoris Evangelatos | ... | Alexandros' Schoolteacher | |
Miranda Kounelaki | ... | Mrs. Tzelepis | |
Laura De Marchi | ... | Italian Anarchist | |
Toula Stathopoulou | ... | Village Woman | |
Thanos Grammenos | ... | Village Man | |
Elpidoforos Gotsis | |||
Haris Pisimisis | ... | (as Haralabos Pisimisis) | |
Giorgos Kovaios | |||
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Haralabos Timotheou | ||
Stratos Pahis | |||
Giorgos Bartis | |||
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H. Stamatelos |
The film gives a romanticized biography of Theodoros Kolokotronis, a Greek historical hero serving as a metaphor for Greece itself. Drawing upon a circular view of Greek history, the film presents conflicting ideologies - primitive communism, anarchism, chiefdom or kingdom, personality cult - and shows the institutions of property and power in a bad light. Written by Artemis-9 and panteliskapogiannis
Whilst being both the most visually and audibly haunting Angelopoulos film, I will remember it more so for covering most of the thematic concerns of Angelopoulos in his 40 years of film making:
It's not his clearest or most coherent film, and probably shouldn't be watched until one is familiar with 'smaller' Angelopoulos pieces, but it is the film that resonates with me the most after having seen his body of work.