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Actors: Michael Cacoyannis
Directors: Michael Cacoyannis
Format: Black & White, Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC
Language: English
Region: All Regions
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number of discs: 1
Rating: 
Studio: Fox Lorber
DVD Release Date: July 5, 2000
Run Time: 101 minutes
Average Customer Review:
  (24 customer reviews)
Reader Reviews
As a Greek-Cyrpiot who lost his home to the Turks in 1974, I was hoping that this film would show the atrocities and crimes conducted by the Turkish army when they invated Cyprus. After all it is a film by a "well-known" (so he claims) Greek Cypriot director. Boy, was I fooled. This is a disgusting, shameless propaganda in favour of the communists and Makarios (who was probably the one to blame for most of Cyprus' problems in the 60s and 70s). This communist propaganda tool doesn't even bother with the facts or the actual invasion. The Turkish onslaught on Cyprus, the crimes of the Turkish army against the Greeks and the loss of life and property get only a few minutes on film. The rest of the film is a gloryfication of Makarios and his megalomania and selfimportance that destroyed the island. The filmmaker's shameless obsession to disparage all Nationalists and their fight for Union with Greece, is frigthening to almost a criminnal point. It is scary to think that another Greek actually promotes these opinions. Any Greek should be angry and feel insulted and infuriated by people like Cacoyiannis and this film. No wonder the Turks are winning the international war of words on Cyprus, and the Aegean sea. We can thank the likes of the director for that. The nationalists who fought the British for the union with Greece are portrayed as deranged criminals who destroyed Cyprus. No mention is given to the fact that the communists colaborated with the Turks and the Brits against the Greeks Nationalists in the 50s, causing the death of hundreds of Greek freedom fighters. Grivas, the man who succesfully fought the Brits, is portrayed as an imperialist who was losing his mind in the fight for the Union with Greece. Throughout the "interviews", light and camera angles are used to convey the directors feelings towards Makarios and the communists (he worships them), and against the nationalists. At some points the film feels as staged and acted as an Oliver Stone conspiracy-theory production.The director uses standard Hollywood overdubs and well staged shots to ensure that the viewer is convinced that all nationalists were out to kill the innocent masses. Just watch the crowd delirium scene at the rally where one person is shot and the following well staged interviews with the victim's family. If you want to find out about the beautiful island of Cyprus and its thousand years old Greek history, as well as the 1974 invasion by Turkey and the crimes that followed, THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT MEDIUM. This is simply a one sided point of view by a person who just happened to have the access to the film equipment at the right time. I am not even sure if this film was sponsered by any Greek resources since it almost justifies the Turkish invasion. SHAME SHAME SHAME.
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