1821 at the Cinema
Watch ‘1821 at the Cinema’ Online. In 1821, in Cinema, he records the cinematic representations of the Revolution from the first decades of the 20th century. until the present day. Despite the fact that the Revolution of 1821 constitutes the founding act of the modern Greek state, as a subject matter it is underrepresented in national film production. This is one of the points on which the research looks, which simultaneously examines the periods of concentration of films on the subject of the Revolution or, respectively, the periods of its collective silence. The purpose of the documentary is to study the ideological discourse and the cinematic language of the films with the theme of 1821, in order to highlight the function of the cinema as a carrier of Public History and as a factor in shaping the collective historical consciousness.
- Genre: Documentary, History
- Country: Greece
- Director: Apostolos Karakasis
- Cast: Constantine Markoulakis, Jenny Karezi, Irene Papas, Dimitris Papamichael, Katia Dandoulaki, Andreas Barkoulis, Dionysis Papagiannopoulos, Nikos Kourkoulos, Georgia Vasileiadou, Aliki Vougiouklaki, Petros Fyssoun, Alekos Alexandrakis, Manos Vakousis, Sebastian Koch, Leonidas Kakouris, Maria Androutsou, Vasilis Tsikaras, Konstantinos Lagkos, Aliki Theodorides, Aimilios Veakis, Costas Moussouris,
