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MICHAEL CACOYANNIS 35 år gammel. Født i Limassol på Cypern. Under 2. verdenskrig studerede han jura i England. Senere virkede han som producer for BBC og som skue spiller optrådte han på forskellige teatre i London (bl. a. i Camus' „Caligula"). Han vendte i 1953 til bage til Grækenland, hvor han gik ind i filmproduk tionen. Hans planer for fremtiden rummer bl. a. en filmatisering af Euripides’ „Iphigenia i Aulis“ med Ellie Lambetti og en filmatisering af amerikaneren Fredetic Wakemans roman „The Wastrel". For hjælp ved indexets udarbejdelse takkes instruktøren. Ca- coyannis’ film, der endnu ikke har været vist her hjemme, blev nærmere omtalt i artiklen om græske film i „Kosmorama" nr. 23. Koritsi me ta marra, to. (A Giri in Black). Græken land 1957. I og manus.: Michael Cacoyannis. Kyriakatiko Xypnima. (Windfall in Athens). Græ Foto: Walter Lassally. Musik: Argyris Kounadis. kenland 1953. I og manus.: Michael Cacoyannis. Dekor.: optaget helt „on location". Medv.: Ellie Foto: Alvize Orfanelli. Musik: Andrea Anagnosti. Lambetti, Dimitri Horn, Georges Foundas, Tas- Dekor.: Yanni Tsarouchi. Medv.: Ellie Lambetti, sos Vlachos, Eleni Zafirion, Stefanos Stratigos, Dimitri Horn, George Pappas, Tasso Cawadia, Notis Pergialis. Prod.: Hermes Film. 102 min. Sappho Notara, Margarite Papageorgiou. Prod.: Millas Film Productions. 110 min. Teleftea pserna, to. (A Matter of Dignity). Græken land 1958. i og manus.: Michael Cacoyannis. Stella. (Stella). Grækenland 1955. I: Michael Cacoy Foto: Walter Lassally, Musik: Manos Hadjidakis. annis. Manus.: Michael Cacoyannis efter et skue Dekor.: Yanni Tsarouchi. Medv.: Ellie Lambetti, spil af J. Campaneli. Foto: Costa Theodorides. George Pappas, Eleni Zafirion, Mikalis Nikoli- Musik: Manos Hadjidakis, Dekor.: Yanni Tsa nakos, Athena Michaelidon, Dimitri Papamichail, rouchi. Medv.: Melina Mercouri, Georges Foun- Minas Christides. Prod.: Finos Films. 109 min. das, Aleko Alexandrakis, Sophia Vembo, Voula Zoumboulaki. Prod.: Mil las Film Productions. De engelske titler er indsat efter originaltitlerne, da 9 6 min. man ofte i litteraturen træffer på dem. 168.

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