Eleftherios Venizelos (film)

Eleftherios Venizelos 1910–1927 (Greek: Ελευθέριος Βενιζέλος) is a 1980 Greek biographical film of one of the most famous leaders of the Greek political scene of the 20th century Eleftherios Venizelos. The film stars Dimitris Myrat, Manos Katrakis and Anna Kalouta.

Eleftherios Venizelos
Ελευθέριος Βενιζέλος
Directed byPantelis Voulgaris
Written byPantelis Voulgaris
Produced byGiorgos Iakovidis
Michalis Lambrinos
StarringMinas Christidis
Giannis Voglis
Dimitris Myrat
Manos Katrakis
Olga Karlatos
Music byLoukianos Kilaidonis
Distributed byMer Film
Release date
  • 1980 (1980)
Running time
175 minutes
CountryGreece
LanguageGreek

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The story was set in August 1909 when the film introduces Venizelos' ideas and Venizelism for a larger Greece. It describes the capture of Thessaloniki and Ioannina and later the National Schism and up to the impending war in Europe, World War I. 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.

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