Eleftherios Venizelos 1910-1927 is a 1980 Greek

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

 biographical film of one of the most famous leaders of the Greek political scene of the 20th century Eleftherios Venizelos

Eleftherios Venizelos

Eleftherios Venizelos was an eminent Greek revolutionary, a prominent and illustrious statesman as well as a charismatic leader in the early 20th century. Elected several times as Prime Minister of Greece and served from 1910 to 1920 and from 1928 to 1932...

. The movie stars Dimitris Murat, Manos Katrakis

Manos Katrakis

Manos Katrakis was a Greek actor of theater and film.-Biography:Born in Kastelli, Crete, Greece, he was the youngest of five children of Haralambos Katrakis and Irini Katraki. When Manos was 10 years old, his family moved from Crete to Athens, where his father searched for work...

 and Anna Kalouta.

Plot

The story was set in August 1909 when the movie presented in sound and Venizelos' ideas and Venizelianism for a larger Greece. It describes the capture of Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki , historically also known as Thessalonica, Salonika or Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of the region of Central Macedonia as well as the capital of the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace...

 and Ioannina

Ioannina

Ioannina , often called Jannena within Greece, is the largest city of Epirus, north-western Greece, with a population of 70,203 . It lies at an elevation of approximately 500 meters above sea level, on the western shore of lake Pamvotis . It is located within the Ioannina municipality, and is the...

 and later the National Schism and up to the impending war in Europe, World War II. Venizelos resigned from the political life after the tie in the elections that followed the Asia Minor Catastrophe and returned to his relatives in Crete

Crete

Crete is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, and one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece. It forms a significant part of the economy and cultural heritage of Greece while retaining its own local cultural traits...

.

Cast

• Minas Christidis
• Giannis Voglis
  Giannis Voglis
  -Biography:He was born in Athens and he studied at the dramatic school of Pelos Katselis. His first appearance in the theater was in the theatrical performance I anodos tou Artouro in 1961, and directed by Karolos Coon. He made his first appearance in film in the movie I Yperifanoi. He became...
  
  
• Dimitris Murat
• Manos Katrakis
  Manos Katrakis
  Manos Katrakis was a Greek actor of theater and film.-Biography:Born in Kastelli, Crete, Greece, he was the youngest of five children of Haralambos Katrakis and Irini Katraki. When Manos was 10 years old, his family moved from Crete to Athens, where his father searched for work...
  
  
• Olga Karlatou
• Anna Kalouta

External links

• Eleftherios Venizelos 1910-1927 at cine.gr