BACKSTAGE: MANOS HADJIDAKIS – 18 MOVING IMAGES

The filmconsists of footage spanning thirty years (1960-1990) of the life and work of Manos hadjidakis. Film and television footage – some of it well known, some of it never before shown – of interviews, studio recordings, concerts, stage rehearsals, and everyday scenes. These amateur and professionalmoving images reveal something of the integrity of the man and the greatness of his work. his comments – pithy and succinct – often sound like amanifesto of intellectual responsibility or as moral injunctions for younger Greek artists. Appearing with hadjidakis are Nikos Gatsos, Melina Mercouri, Nana Mouskouri, Flery Dandonaki, Vasso Papantoniou, Nena Venetsanou and Minos Volanakis.