ANTIGONE

Nikos Koundouros (1926–2017) was born in Agios Nikolaos, Crete and studied Painting and Sculpting at the Athens School of Fine Arts. Due to his political views, he was persecuted and forced in exile, not only after the end of World War II, but also during the colonels’ regime. He made his first feature film, Magic City, in 1953. In 1956, The Ogre of Athens established him as a true representative of the new age of cinema. Since then, his films have received international acclaim and earned him a place in the vanguard of Greek cinema.