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Release Date:
March 11, 2008
Original Title:
Μακρόνησος
Alternate Titles:
Exile island
Genres:
Documentary
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 109
In 1947, in the early days of the Greek civil war, a camp was set up on Makronisos for the rehabilitation of political prisoners, communists and leftist EAMites, so that they would ‘recover’ and join the ranks of the National Republican Greek League. The Makronisos camp was, in effect, a choice of the British, at the outset of the Cold War, as an experimental action against similar situations around the world. Makronissos has been etched on the collective unconscious of the Greeks for the unthinkable violence and the atrocious methods of reform used against the prisoners. Its legend and the stories accompanying one of the most heated affairs in modern Greek history are still alive today.
Director:
Ilias Giannakakis
Evi Karabatsou
Director of Photography:
Claudio Bolivar
Editor:
Panos Voutsaras
Sound:
Fanis Karagiorgos
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