Tag: Greece

Iphigenia (1977)

Ιφιγένεια Director: Michael Cacoyannis Producer: Michael Cacoyannis Screenplay: Michael Cacoyannis Based on: Ιφιγένεια εν Αυλίδι by Euripides Genre: Drama | Mythology | Tragedy Music: Mikis Theodorakis Country: Greece Language: Greek Studio: Greek Film Center Release date: 1977 Running time: 127 minutes Irene Papas…

Medea (1969)

Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini Producer: Franco Rossellini Screenplay: Pier Paolo Pasolini Based on: Medea by Euripides Genre: Drama | Epic | Fantasy | Mythology | Tragedy Music: Pier Paolo Pasolini, Elsa Morante Country: Italia | France | West Germany Language: Italian Studio: Euro International Films…

Edipo re (1967)

Oedipus Rex Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini Producer: Alfredo Bini Screenplay: Pier Paolo Pasolini Based on: Oedipus Rex by Sophocles Genre: Drama | Mythology | Tragedy Music: Pier Paolo Pasolini Country: Italia Language: Italian Studio: Arco Film Release date: 1967 Running…

San Francisco medita sobre la muerte (1600-1610)

El Greco (1541-1614) San Francisco medita sobre la muerte (Saint Francis Meditating on Death) 1600–1610 Oil on canvas, 106 x 66 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano Compare: El Greco (1541-1614) San Francisco y el hermano León meditando sobre la muerte…

El caballero de la mano en el pecho (c.1580)

El Greco (1541-1614) El caballero de la mano en el pecho (The Gentleman with His Hand at His Breast) c.1580 Oil on canvas, 81.8 x 66.1 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This bust-length portrait entered the royal collections as a…

Visión del Apocalipsis (1608-1614)

El Greco (1541-1614) Visión del Apocalipsis (The Vision of Saint John) c.1608–1614 Oil on canvas, 222.3 x 193 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The painting is a fragment from a large altarpiece commissioned for the church of the…

San Jerónimo (c.1610)

El Greco (1541-1614) San Jerónimo (Saint Jerome as Scholar) c.1610 Oil on canvas, 108 x 89 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York El Greco executed at least five paintings of Saint Jerome. In this version, from the last years…

Cristo abrazado a la cruz (1577-1587)

El Greco (1541-1614) Cristo abrazado a la cruz (Christ Carrying the Cross) c.1577–1587 Oil on canvas, 105 x 79 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York During his long career in Spain, El Greco produced numerous paintings of Christ carrying…

Vista de Toledo (1599-1600)

El Greco (1541-1614) Vista de Toledo (View of Toledo) c.1599–1600 Oil on canvas, 121.3 x 108.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In this, his greatest surviving landscape, El Greco portrays the city he lived and worked in for…

Michael Cacoyannis

(1922–2011) Μιχάλης Κακογιάννης, Michalis Kakogiannis Filmography as Director: Electra 1962 Director: Michael Cacoyannis Starring: Irene Papas, Giannis Fertis     Zorba the Greek 1964 Director: Michael Cacoyannis Starring: Anthony Quinn, Alan Bates     The Trojan Women 1971 Director: Michael Cacoyannis…