Meres tou '36 (1972)

It is 1936 in Greece, shortly before the Metaxas' dictatorship. A former drug trafficker and police informer, Sofianos, is in prison because of the assassination of a trade unionist during a rally. A conservative politician, Kriezis, with whom Sofianos had a homosexual relationship, visits him in prison. Using a smuggled gun Sofianos manages to take him hostage in his cell and blackmails the police in order to be released. The government is at a dead end and the country finds itself in a crisis. If they free Kriezis, they will lose the support of the democrats, if they don't, they will lose the support of the conservatives. Being incapable of dealing with the situation, the government decide to kill Sofianos. First, they attempt clumsily to poison him and then they hire a sniper to shoot him.[/center]





Rating: 7.0/10
Runtime: 105
Language: greek
Country: greece
Color: Color

Director: Theo Angelopoulos
Cast:
Vangelis Kazan
Kostas Pavlou ... Sofianos
Thanos Grammenos ... Brother of Convict
Giorgos Kyritsis ... Kontaxis
Petros Zarkadis
Christoforos Nezer ... Prison Director
Toula Stathopoulou
Christos Kalavrouzos
Vasilis Tsaglos
Giannis Kandilas ... Hostage
Petros Hoedas
T. Doukakos ... Chief of Police
Alekos Boubis (as Alexis Boubis)
Giorgos Tzifos
Kaiti Ibrohori

Description: It is 1936 in Greece, shortly before the Metaxas' dictatorship. A former drug trafficker and police informer, Sofianos, is in prison because of the assassination of a trade unionist during a rally. A conservative politician, Kriezis, with whom Sofianos had a homosexual relationship, visits him in prison. Using a smuggled gun Sofianos manages to take him hostage in his cell and blackmails the police in order to be released. The government is at a dead end and the country finds itself in a crisis. If they free Kriezis, they will lose the support of the democrats, if they don't, they will lose the support of the conservatives. Being incapable of dealing with the situation, the government decide to kill Sofianos. First, they attempt clumsily to poison him and then they hire a sniper to shoot him.