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The Roundup (1965)

Overview

One of filmmaker and expatriate writer Adonis Kyrou's best-known quotes translates roughly as "I urge you: Learn to look at 'bad' films, they are so often sublime." The same could be said of Kyrou's own directorial work in Greece before the advent of the 1967 dictatorship forced him to flee to Paris. This confused mess, the first cinematic attempt at portraying the Greek resistance in WWII, caused quite a stink upon release, as much for its surprising style (recalling that of Bertolt Brecht) as for its subject matter. Reaction to its screening as part of the 1966 Cannes Film Festival's International Critic's Week was heated and divisive, proving Kyrou's later statement by rising above its own inherent silliness to achieve a sort of rarefied critical status. It's bad drama that nonetheless succeeds by dint of audacity more than quality (a comment which could apply equally to the work of many exploitation directors like Jean Rollin whom Kyrou later so lovingly profiled).
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Adonis Kyrou

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Cast

Kostas Kazakos profile
Kostas Kazakos

Kosmas

Xenia Kalogeropoulou profile
Xenia Kalogeropoulou

Antigoni

Alexandra Ladikou profile
Alexandra Ladikou

Myrto

Giannis Fertis profile
Giannis Fertis

Manos Katrakis profile
Manos Katrakis

Kostas Bakas profile
Kostas Bakas

Koula Agagiotou profile
Koula Agagiotou

Giannis Kondoulis profile
Giannis Kondoulis

Eirini Koumarianou profile
Eirini Koumarianou

Giorgos Nezos profile
Giorgos Nezos

Hristos Bekiaris profile
Hristos Bekiaris

Kostas Diplaros profile
Kostas Diplaros

Kostas Kazakos profile
Kostas Kazakos

Kosmas

Xenia Kalogeropoulou profile
Xenia Kalogeropoulou

Antigoni

Alexandra Ladikou profile
Alexandra Ladikou

Myrto

Giannis Fertis profile
Giannis Fertis

Manos Katrakis profile
Manos Katrakis

Kostas Bakas profile
Kostas Bakas

Koula Agagiotou profile
Koula Agagiotou

Giannis Kondoulis profile
Giannis Kondoulis

Eirini Koumarianou profile
Eirini Koumarianou

Giorgos Nezos profile
Giorgos Nezos

Hristos Bekiaris profile
Hristos Bekiaris

Kostas Diplaros profile
Kostas Diplaros

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Release Date

January 9, 1965

Original Language

Greek

Budget

$0.00

Production Company

Grift Film logo

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