Theo Angelopoulos

greece, film director, cannes, palme d'or, cinema

Born Apr 27, 1935

Athens, Greece

Passed Away Jan 24, 2012 Athens, Greece

Lifespan 76 years old

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"Cinema is the art of waiting for the mist to clear so we may glimpse the soul of human history."

Archival Overview

Visionary Greek film director who won the Palme d'Or at Cannes for 'Eternity and a Day', master of slow cinema.

Biographical Record

Theodoros Angelopoulos was one of world cinema's greatest auteur directors, internationally revered for his meditative tracking shots, poetic silences, and profound explorations of 20th-century Greek and Balkan history.

His celebrated film trilogies, including 'The Travelling Players' (1975) and 'Landscape in the Mist' (1988), won prestigious awards at Venice, Berlin, and Cannes.

In 1998, his masterpiece 'Eternity and a Day', starring Bruno Ganz, won the Palme d'Or at Cannes, cementing his legacy as a cinematic philosopher of borders, exile, and human time.

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First Cemetery of Athens
Athens, Greece

                         GPS: 37.9628, 23.7381                    

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