Orfeas Zafeiropoulos
Actor
Movies2
MovieDocumentaryGreek documentary film directed by Stathis Reppas and narrated by Georgia Angelou and Orfeas Zafeiropoulos. "Greece, change thy lords!" - Lord Byron, with his classical education plus enchanted by the beauty of Greece, its ancient monuments and its culture, writes verses and glorifies it. He attacks his compatriot Elgin, for looting the leading monument of antiquity, the Acropolis. He falls in love with a Greek girl, Teresa Makri, and writes the poem "Maid of Athens, ere we part " full of passion for her. He mixes with French, Germans, Turks and speaks fervently about the freedom of Greece and freedom around the world. He dreams of the Greek uprising, about which he later writes the poetic masterpiece "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage". In 1821, when the Greeks revolted once more claiming independence, he took up arms and actively participated in the struggle.
Byron in Attica
Ο Byron στην Αττική
Movie4.7ThrillerMysteryLove leads to madness when an unstable man falls for an unsuspecting woman in this thriller from Greece. Iasonas (Giorgos Kakanakis) is throwing a party one evening when a friend introduces him to Penelope (Serafita Grigoriadou); the two quickly hit it off and soon she's sharing his home. However, before long it becomes obvious that something isn't quite right -- each of them tends to see things in different ways, Iasonas has a hard time making his memories skew with what has actually happened, and tension between them reaches the boiling point. But when the relationship finally explodes into violence, what actually happens between Iasonas and Penelope?