The Dust of Time

A, an American film director of Greek ancestry, is making a film that tells his story and the story of his parents. It is a tale that unfolds in Italy, Germany, Russia, Kazakhstan, Canada and the US. The main character is Eleni, who is laid claim to and herself lays claim to absolute love. At the same time, the film is a long journey through the vast history and the events of the last fifty years that left their mark on the 20th century. The characters in the film move as though in a dream.The dust of time confuses their memories. A searches for them and experiences them in the present.

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Script: Theo Angelopoulos. Script Consultants: Tonino Guerra, Petros Markaris

Cinematography: Andreas Sinanos

Editing: Yannis Tsitsopoulos, Yorgos Helidonidis

Sound: Marinos Athanassopoulos, Jerome Aghion

Music: Eleni Karaindrou

Actors: Willem Dafoe (A), Bruno Ganz (Jacob), Michel Piccoli (Spyros), Irene Jacob (Eleni), Christiane Paul (Helga), Reni Pittaki (conductor), Costas Apostolidis (secretary), Alexandros Mylonas (stranger), Ti

Production: Theo Angelopoulos Film Productions

Producers: Phoebe Economopoulos

Co-production: The Hellenic Ministry of Culture, ERT SA Hellenic Broadcasting Corp., Multichoice Hellas-Nova, Classic Srl., Lichtmeer Film GmbH. Studio217ARS

Co-producers: Amedeo Pagani, Claudia Poepsel, Alexander Skvortsov, Vladimir Repnikov, Mikhail Zilberman. With the support of the GFC

Art Direction: Andrea Crisanti, Dionyssis Fotopoulos

Costumes: Martina Schall, Francesca Sartori, Regina Khomckaya

Sets: Alexander Scherer, Konstantin Zagorskij

Make Up: Vittorio Sodano

Format: 35mm Color

Production Country: Greece-Germany-Italy-Russia

Production Year: 2008

Duration: 125

Distribution in Greece: Audio Visual Enterprises SA, Greece Vassilis Alexiou T. +30 210 8092000 F. +30 210 8092122 valexiou@audiovisual.gr www.audiovisual.gr

Contact: The Match Factory, GermanyMichaelWeberT.-F. +49 89 2000 120michael.weber@matchfactory.dewww.matchfactory.de

Theo Angelopoulos

He was born in Athens, in 1935. He studied Law at the University of Athens and in Paris and Film at the IDHEC and the Sorbonne. From 1964 to 1967 he worked as a filmcritic. His films have participated in many international festivals and have won numerous awards, while he and his work have won acclaim worldwide.

Filmography

1970 The Reconstitution
1972 Days of ’36
1975 The Traveling Players
1977 The Hunters
1980 Megalexandros
1984 Voyage to Cythera
1986 The Beekeeper
1988 Landscape in the Mist
1991 The Suspended Step of the Stork
1995 Ulysses’ Gaze
1998 Eternity and a Day
2004 Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow
2008 The Dust of Time