Basic
Info
Title:
El Greco
Genre:
Biography, Drama
Country:
Greece, Spain
Language:
English, Greek, Spanish
Running
time: 119 minutes
Release
date: 18 October 2007
Staff
Director:
Yannis Smaragdis
Produced by: Eleni Smaragdi, Raimon Masllorens,
Dénes Szekeres, Georgios Fragkos
Screenplay: Jackie Pavlenko, Yannis Smaragdis
Cinematography:
Aris Stavrou
Music:
Vangelis
Editor:
Giannis Tsitsopoulos
Cast
Nick Ashdon as El Greco
Juan Diego Botto as Fernando Niño
de Guevara
Laia Marull as Jeronima de las
Cuevas
Lakis Lazopoulos as Nicolos
Dimitra Matsouka as Francesca
Sotiris Moustakas as Titian
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| Nick Ashdon |
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| Laia Marull |
Summary
“El Greco” is a Greek biographical film about the life of Domenicos Theotokopoulos, the Greek painter of the Spanish Renaissance, better known as El Greco.
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| Portrait of a Man (self-portrait), El Greco (c.1595–1600) |
The film is based on the
fictionalized biographical novel, “El Greco: o Zografos tou Theou (El Greco:
the Painter of God)," written by Dimitris Siatopoulos. It was directed by
Yannis Smaragdis and written by Jackie Pavlenko, starred Nick Ashdon as El
Greco.
Plot
This film tells a fictitious story of Domenicos Theotokopoulos, better known as El Greco, the great Greek artist of the 16th century.
In this film, he appears as an uncompromising character,
who sets off his homeland Crete and goes to Venice and finally Toledo, in
search of freedom and love. There he confronts his greatest enemy, the Spanish
Inquisition, but his creative consciousness and power make him stand out and
overcome barbarity and ignorance.
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| Opening of the Fifth Seal, El Greco (1608–1614) |
Domenicos, who is imprisoned and awaiting execution by the Spanish Inquisition, writes his story and thus parts of his life unfold as flashbacks.
Born on the island of Crete, which was then part of the Republic of Venice, Domenicos falls in love with Francesca, daughter of the Venetian governor of Crete.
However, his father is preparing
for a political rebellion, and as a result Domenicos leaves the island and
moves to Venice. There he meets the famous painter Titian and the Spanish
priest Fernando Niño de Guevara. (Continue)
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| Titian |
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| Fernando Niño de Guevara |
Movie
Review
“It is worth the cinema”
“Music &
Cinematography excellent”
“A great film for a
legendary artist”
“Spiritual perfume”
“Decent sketch”
Interesting
stories about the film
1. This film was the last acting
performance of Sotiris Moustakas starred as Titian.
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| Sotiris Moustakas |
2. Sotiris Moustakas agreed to
participate in the film only if he was not getting paid, because he knew he
would soon die.
3. The soundtrack for this film was conducted by the Greek musician Vangelis.
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| Vangelis |
The film's soundtrack album is the third project by Vangelis regarding El Greco, following the album “Foros Timis Ston Greco” released in 1995 and the extended version of the album with three more tracks, “El Greco (1998)”.
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| Foros Timis Ston Greco (album), Vangelis (1995) |
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| El Greco (album), Vangelis (1998) |
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