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| Euridice BA 2037 | |
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| Ευριδίκη ΒΑ 2037 | |
| Directed by | Nikos Nikolaidis |
| Written by | Nikos Nikolaidis |
| Produced by | Nikos Nikolaidis Vadim Glowna Vera Tschechowa |
| Starring | Vera Tschechowa John Moore Niki Triantafillidi Manolis Logiadis |
| Cinematography | Giorgos Panousopoulos |
| Edited by | Giorgos Triandafyllou |
| Music by | Antonio Vivaldi Frédéric Chopin Dinah Shore |
Production companies | Atossa Film Produktion GmbH Marni Film |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Countries | Greece West Germany |
| Language | Greek |
Euridice BA 2037 (Greek:Ευριδίκη ΒΑ 2037) is a 1975 Greek-West German co-productionblack and white dramaticsurrealistunderground film directed byNikos Nikolaidis, his debut feature film.[1]
Partially based on Greek mythology, the film centers onEurydice as she waits for her loverOrpheus to save her fromHades. While waiting for her rescue from the underworld, she faces her fears, desires, hallucinations, and memories.
Despite a lukewarm reaction by viewers, critics appreciated the innovative perspective on the classic Greek tragedy ofOrpheus and Eurydice and noted the originality of Nikolaidis' artistic techniques. It is characteristic that Nikolaidis himself believedEuridice BA 2037 to be his best film.[2]
André Z. Labarrére and Olivier Labarrére, authors ofAtlas du cinéma, wrote that the film was one of the "NewGreek Cinema" films that "radically transformed the panorama."[3]
For this film, Nikolaidis won the Best New Director Award, theGreek National Ministry of Culture Award, as well as theAthens Film Critics Association Best Picture Award at theThessaloniki Festival of Greek Cinema in September 1975, where Marie-Louise Bartholomew, who was involved in the production of the film, also won the Best Set Designer Award, and Andreas Andreadakis, who was involved in the editing of the film, also won the Best Editor Award.[4][5]
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