El Greco

An epic tale of an uncompromising artist and fighter for freedom, Domenicos Theotokopoulos, known to the world as “El Greco”. Set in the 16th century, El Greco’s search for freedom and love ranges from the courts of Crete and Venice to Toledo in Spain. Here he is confronted by his greatest adversary: the Holy Inquisition. Never backing down in his against with the establishment of his day, El Greco’s story is one of unusual heroism, betrayal, love, and the power of one man and his creative consciousness to stand up and overcome barbarity and ignorance. An inspiration which lives on to this day.

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Script: Jackie Pavlenko, Yannis Smaragdis

Cinematography: Aris Stavrou

Editing: Yannis Tsitsopoulos

Sound: Marinos Athanassopoulos

Music: Vangelis Papathanassiou

Actors: Lala Marull (Jeronima), Nick Ashdon (El Greco),Dimitra Matsouka (Francesca),Lakis Lazopoulos (Nikolos), Juan Diego Botto (Nino de Guevara), Sotiris Moustakas (Titian), Yorgos Christodoulou(Duke da Rim

Production: Alexandros Film

Producers: Eleni Smaragdi

Co-production: La Productora SL, (Spain),Tivoli Film Productions ( Hungary), Greek Film Center, ERT SA Hellenic Broadcasting Corp., Multichoice Hellas-Nova (Greece)

Co-producers: Raimon Masllorens, Denes Szekeres

Costumes: Lala Huete

Sets: Damianos Zafiris, Oriol Puig

Choreography: Constantinos Rigos

Make Up: Argyro Kouroupou

Format: 35mm Color

Production Country: Greece - Spain - Hungary

Production Year: 2007

Duration: 117

Iannis Smaragdis

He was born in Heraklion, Crete in 1946. He studied Film Direction in Greece and Paris, France. He has directed many TV series and documentaries for the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation, as well as many films. His last feature film is El Greco.

Filmography

1975 Zero Cell
1981 A Good Night to You, Mr.Alexandre (TV)
1982 Alaloum
1983 Homecoming Song
1996 Cavafy
2004 Spyros Louis (doc.)
2004 Christian Monuments (doc.)
2007 El Greco