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Affection to the People

A documentary about cinema censorship during the dictatorship in Greece (1967- 1974), based on never-before-seen state archives. The film includes clips of films which were either censored or banned, newsreels of that era, interviews with famous directors and also secret documents from the reports of the Censorship Committee that are made public for the first time, portraying a revealing picture of the system’s control mechanisms and providing a fresco of that time.

Top Cast

  • Ilias Markou

    Ilias Markou

    Self - Narrator (voice)

  • Georgia Anesti

    Georgia Anesti

    Self - Narrator (voice)

  • Pantelis Voulgaris

    Pantelis Voulgaris

    Self

  • Roviros Manthoulis

    Roviros Manthoulis

    Self

  • Yiorgos Stamboulopoulos

    Yiorgos Stamboulopoulos

    Self

  • Theodoros Adamopoulos

    Theodoros Adamopoulos

    Self

  • Nikos Koundouros

    Nikos Koundouros

    Self

  • George Dialegmenos

    George Dialegmenos

    Self

  • Kostas Theos

    Kostas Theos

    Self

Overview

A documentary about cinema censorship during the dictatorship in Greece (1967- 1974), based on never-before-seen state archives. The film includes clips of films which were either censored or banned, newsreels of that era, interviews with famous directors and also secret documents from the reports of the Censorship Committee that are made public for the first time, portraying a revealing picture of the system’s control mechanisms and providing a fresco of that time.

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