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Theodoros "Theo" Angelopoulos (Greek: Θεόδωρος Αγγελόπουλος; (27 April 1935 – 24 January 2012) was a Greek filmmaker, screenwriter and film producer. He dominated the Greek art film industry from 1975 on, [ 1 ] and Angelopoulos was one of the most influential and widely respected filmmakers in the world.
The Travelling Players was released to the general public after the Regime of the Colonels had ended in 1974 and Greece returned to a democratic rule. However Theo Angelopoulos had been working on the film throughout 1974 when the dictatorship was still in power, and had to hide his work from the authorities.
The film is the third installment in Angelopoulos' Trilogy of Silence, following Voyage to Cythera (1984) and The Beekeeper (1986). Since then it has been regarded as Angelopoulos' greatest masterpiece, one of the best movies of 1988, of the 80s, of the 20th century, and one of the greatest and best Greek movies of all time.
Ulysses' Gaze (Greek: Το βλέμμα του Οδυσσέα, translit. To Vlemma tou Odyssea) is a 1995 internationally co-produced war drama film directed by Theo Angelopoulos, loosely based on Homer's epic poem Odyssey, and starring Harvey Keitel, Maia Morgenstern and Erland Josephson.
The Dust of Time (Greek: Η Σκόνη του Χρόνου) is a 2008 Greek drama film written and directed by Theodoros Angelopoulos, and starring Willem Dafoe, Irène Jacob, Bruno Ganz, Michel Piccoli and Christiane Paul.
Theodore Angelopoulos was born in Athens, Hellenic State, and lived in Switzerland for many years, where he received a BSc in Business Administration from the University of Zurich. His family were pioneers in the Greek steel industry and began dealing in the dry cargo sector of the shipping industry in the early 1950s. [1]
Pages in category "Films directed by Theodoros Angelopoulos" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Days of '36 (Greek: Μέρες του '36, romanized: Méres tou '36) is a 1972 Greek dramatic independent underground art film directed by Theo Angelopoulos.Its title is a tribute to Constantine P. Cavafy.