Melina Stop Frame - In Search of Modern Greekness (2020)
Through thirteen images and an equal number of stories, little Melina-Amalia, the teenager, the woman, the fighter, Blanche, Stella, Ilya, Phaedra, Medea, Clytemnestra, Minister of Culture, the stoic Melina in Memorial Hospital, all aspects of the "last Greek goddess". Shot on the stage of the National Theater Rex - Marika Kotopouli, it captures, balancing between theater and cinema, important historical events that make the myth that surrounds the glamorous protagonist even more powerful and charming.
Director: Manos Karatzogiannis
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Melina Mercouri as Self (archive footage) |
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Lena Papaligoura as |
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Youlika Skafida as |
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Ioanna Kolliopoulou as |
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Lena Drosaki as |
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Maria Kitsou as |
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Marina Aslanoglou as |
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Ioanna Pappa as |
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Alexandra Aidini as |
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Anthi Efstratiadou as |
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Stefania Goulioti as |
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Elena Mavridou as |
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Evi Saoulidou as |
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Loukia Michalopoulou as |
| Art | Eva Nathena | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eva Nathena | Costume Design |
| Directing | Panos Ydraios | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Antonis Papakonstantinou | Sound Designer |
| Editing | Angelos Papadopoulos | Color Grading |
| Directing | Manos Karatzogiannis | Director |
| Sound | Alexios Koukias-Pantelis | Sound |
| Crew | Dimitra Troussa | Video Assist Operator |
| Production | Katerina Giannakopoulou | Production Manager |
| Camera | Angelos Papadopoulos | Director of Photography |