Irene Papas
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A young British writer moves to Crete to find himself by working in his father's mine, and hires the playful Zorba. He falls in love with a lovely young widow. When she responds to him the townsmen attack her.
Series
Language
English
Description
A team of Allied military specialists are recruited for a dangerous but imperative mission: to infiltrate a Nazi-occupied fortress in Greece and disable two long-range field guns so that 2,000 trapped British soldiers may be rescued. Faced with an unforgiving sea voyage, hazardous terrain, and the possibility of a traitor among them, the team must overcome the impossible without losing their own lives.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
In 1941, on a remote Greek island, an Italian artillery garrison is established to maintain order. One Italian officer, Captain Corelli, adopts an attitude of mutual co-existence with the Greeks and engages in such activities as music festivals and courting the daughter of a local doctor. In 1943, however, after Italy surrenders to the Allies and changes sides in the war, Captain Corelli must defend the Greek island against a German invasion.
4) Elektra
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Desolation and despair reign supreme in the kingdom of Mycenae. The great Agamemnon has been brutally murdered; his son Orestes has fled and his daughter Electra has been imprisoned within the walls of the castle. All hope seems lost until the sacred oracle speaks and replaces Electra's broken spirit with an unquenchable desire for justice and bloody vengeance.
Publisher
Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Between two world wars, a struggle for freedom took place in the African desert. This movie is the historically accurate story about the Libyan resistance leader, Omar Mukhtar, who led the Libyan resistance against the Italian oppressors from 1911-1931.
6) Z
Publisher
Wellspring Media
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
Français
Description
A Greek pacifist leader is murdered at a rally. Despite the official police report of accidental death, a journalist's persistent questioning leads to a full-scale investigation, revealing corruption in high places.
7) The odyssey
Publisher
Hallmark Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Aided by the goddess Athena, warrior-king Odysseus braves the terrors and temptations of a fantastic array of creatures as his return from the Trojan War becomes a decade-long quest to reach his homeland and his faithful wife, Penelope.
8) Iphigeneia
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
Greek
Description
Commander Agamemnon stands ready to launch his infamous thousand ships to retrieve the beautiful Helen of Troy. As the wind refuses to blow, a priest condemns him for sacrilege, and the powerful general is pressured to sacrific his daughter to save the states. Threatened and tormented, Agamemnon is faced with sending his child like a lamb to the slaugher and betraying his wife.
9) Z
Publisher
Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
1985.
Language
English
Description
A leading opposition MP is murdered at a rally. The police are anxious to establish the event as an accident, but the examining magistrate proves otherwise.
10) The Odyssey
Author
Publisher
Sonar Entertainment Distribution, LLC
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
"Homer's classic epic poem about the hero, Odysseus, and his travels home after the infamous ten year battle of Troy, is brought to the screen. The gods seize the opportunity to make Odysseus and his crew the pawns in their games, forcing Odysseus to take unbelievable detours that add years to his journey home. These detours throw him into conflict with great mythological creatures like Circe, the Cyclops, and Poseidon, and ultimately bring him to...
Publisher
Digiview Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
The message (117 min.): The dramatic story of Mohammed, the prophet who founded Islam. Target of an assassin (105 min.): An ailing African president is kidnapped by a male nurse, whose plans begin to unravel when an assassin tries to kill the president.
13) Jacob
Series
Publisher
Turner Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
For seven long years, Jacob has labored to earn the right to marry beautiful Rachel. Now the seven years are up, but Rachel's devious father substitutes his elder daughter on the wedding night. One of the greatest love stories from the Bible.
14) Antigone
Publisher
Kino On Video
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
Greek
Description
The Greek tragedy of Sophocles in which King Creon orders Antigone's death for burying her slain brother against the King's desire.