Anna Vagena

Non-essential Movement (2024)

If there weren't any buses, would there be films? In March 2020, the window of my gaze narrowed down. City life almost ceased. Non-essential movements were prohibited, and cinemas closed. I don't know what I miss the most, cinema or a non-essential movemen ...

The King (2002)

A 35-year old man, just released from jail, decides to make a clean break from the big city and his troubled past. He retreats to the abandoned village his father came from and moves into an old, collapsing house. Alone, far from the bigger village and doi ...

Goodbye (2001)

Six goodbyes and a welcome. The very ending of dramatic, melodramatic and funny scenes of everyday life. ...

Which Way to the Septic Tank? (1978)

A conscientious tanker driver, Thanasis Papathanasis, works hard to help his sister Afroditi study medicine. He believes that in this way he will be able to marry her off so that then he can finally marry Eleni, whom he has loved for years. His efforts, ho ...

May (1976)

The days of May 1936 in Thessaloniki and the events that led to the bloody clashes between the tobacco workers and the army are described in this film in a clear way. The people are the protagonists, and the narrative does not insist on drama or exaggerati ...

Pavlos Melas (1973)

The military action of a Greek officer, Pavlos Melas, for the liberation of Macedonia from the Turks and Bulgarians. A story stick to the facts for the heroism and sacrifice of the Greeks. Pavlos Melas is the symbol of the struggle for the independence of ...

The Great Love Songs (1973)

A documentary about Greek music. Τhe Great Love Songs is series of ten poems by, among others, Sappho, Elytis, Myrtiotissa, Sarantari, and cavafy, put to music by Manos Hadjidakis. In the film, the camera lens illustrates the emotions stirred by the eroti ...

Anna's Engagement (1972)

A lower-class maid navigates the social world of the upper-crust family she works for. ...

Aliki the Dictator (1972)

A young woman arrives in Athens with her dog after the death of her father, the head of a bouzouki band that broke up because television took away their work. She settles in the humble home of a friend, who is married to a petty crook, and looks for work. ...

Underwater Papanikolis (1971)

October 28, 1940. Along with the Italian army's attack on the Greek-Albanian border, Greece comes under fire from the Italian air force. The submarine Papanikolis, commanded by Captain Milto Iatridis and First Officer Vasilis Aslanoglou, is ordered to patr ...

Proud eagles (1971)

The love affair between a squadron leader and a young woman who is involved with agents and saboteurs from foreign countries leads to the exposure of an entire group of spies. ...

Operation Kraipe (1971)

Giakoumis, A Roman Heart (1970)

Giakoumis is a poor man with no family, working at the docks. One day he finds out that he has a very rich relative abroad. ...