Movies: Dimos Theos

Katina, an impoverished Greek woman, tries to arrange the marriage of her shepherd son, Thanos, to Despina, the daughter of a wealthy landowner. But Despina’s father, Vlahopoulos refuses to give his blessings....

Athens 1967. The political assassinations and the background between the government and foreign powers, on the occasion of the "Polk Case", where an innocent leftist was convicted for the murder of an American journalist in Greece....

In order to buy a horse, a man wanders in the bazaars of Thessaly. His journey will take him further than he imagines, as old prophets, forgotten witches and vampire princes will find himself on his way....

A variation of the myth of Antigone. In a small island colony of Minoan Crete called Lycabettus, the ambassadors of the mother city propose a revolutionary irrigation system that could modernise the production system....

In this avant-garde look at a series of unique or eccentric men and women, director Stavros Tornes has created a film that is visually engaging, but too obscure in many points to be understood. The main protagonists are a young taxi driver -- a man w...

A retired diplomat has begun writing a historical novel about the legendary Captain Meϊtanos, who lived in the 17th century. Initially, he was a klepht (bandit), then an armatolos (member of irregular forces), then a klepht again, until finally windi...

An adaptation of one of the greatest greek novellas ('The Murderess' by Alexandros Papadiamantis). Fragkogiannou (Maria Alkaiou), a hard-done by, deranged woman after a life full of hardship, recalls the past by her newborn girl grandchild’s crib. H...

"The Poor Hunter of the South" is the title of the film Stavros Tornes never got to make, rightfully featured alongside his name on this documentary by Stavros Kaplanidis ("Canteen", "Play it Again, Christos"). The film traces his imagery, listens f...

In 1963 Dimos Theos directed, together with Fotos Lambrinos, the short film - dramatized documentary - "100 hours of May"....

Eleatis has the plot of a detective story within which the subject of love is developed as expressed in the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Hanna Bluemart, a 24 year old scholar, arrives in Athens for the purpose of "finding" her father....

A documentary on the assassination of Greek politician Grigoris Lambrakis, by a political group of the extreme right....