Evrydiki BA 2O37

Evrydiki BA 2O37

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Ευριδίκη ΒΑ 2Ο37
Directed by Nikos Nikolaidis
Produced by Nikos Nikolaidis
Vadim Glowna
Vera Tschechowa
Written by Nikos Nikolaidis
Starring Vera Tschechowa
John Moore
Niki Triantafillidi
Manolis Logiadis
Music by Antonio Vivaldi
Frédéric Chopin
Dinah Shore
Cinematography Giorgos Panousopoulos
Edited by Giorgos Triandafyllou
Production
company
Atossa Film Produktion GmbH
Marni Film
Release dates
 29 September 1975 (Thessaloniki International Film Festival)
Running time
 100 Minutes
Country Greece
West Germany
Language Greek

Evrydiki BA 2O37 (Greek: Ευριδίκη ΒΑ 2Ο37) is a 1975 Greek-West German co-production black-and-white dramatic experimental independent surrealist art film directed by Nikos Nikolaidis, his debut feature film.[1]

Accolades

Despite a lukewarm reaction by viewers, critics appreciated the innovative perspective on the classic Greek tragedy of Orpheus and Eurydice and noted the originality of Nikolaidis' artistic techniques. It is characteristic that Nikolaidis himself believed Evrydiki BA 2O37 to be his best film.[2]

André Z. Labarrére and Olivier Labarrére, authors of Atlas du cinéma, wrote that the film was one of the "New Greek Cinema" films that "radically transformed the panorama."[3]

For this film, Nikolaidis won the Best Director Award, the Greek National Ministry of Culture Award, as well as the Athens Film Critics Association Best Picture Award at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival in September 1975, where Marie-Louise Bartholomew, who was involved in the production of the film, also won the Best Set Designer Award, and Andreas Andreadakis, who was involved in the editing of the film, also won the Best Editor Award.[4][5]

Cast

References

  1. ↑ Filmkunst: Zeitschrift für Filmkultur und Filmwissenschaft, Hefte 67–79, 1975, S. 84. Wien: Österreichische Gesellschaft für Filmwissenschaft, Bundesministerium für Unterricht (German); Gesek, Ludwig (1975). In Filmkunst: Zeitschrift für Filmkultur und Filmwissenschaft, Hefte 67–89, S. 6. Wien: Österreichische Gesellschaft für Filmwissenschaft, Bundesministerium für Unterricht. (German)
  2. ↑ "Nikolaidis Nikos". That's Greece: Culture, Performing Arts, Cinema. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  3. ↑ Labarrére, André Z., y Labarrére, Olivier (2009). Atlas del cine (Título original: Atlas du cinéma. Paris: Librairie Générale Française, 2002). Madrid: Ediciones Akal. p. 275. ISBN 8446021501. (Spanish)
  4. ↑ Γενικά 1975: 16ο Φεστιβάλ Ελληνικού Κινηματογράφου. Διεθνές Φεστιβάλ Κινηματογράφου Θεσσαλονίκης (Πληροφορίες: Βραβεία) (in Greek). Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  5. ↑ Schuster, Mel (1979). The Contemporary Greek Cinema. Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press. p. 324. ISBN 0810811960.

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