• 2018
  • 1h 50m
A Necessary Story

Summary The film is a journey in the Greek and Western history from the 1929 crash to today, in the light of economic greed. Rarely seen film footage and unconventional interviews retrace the imprints it leaves on societies and the relations it builds between human beings. View more details

  • 2018
  • 1h 50m

A Necessary Story

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Annie Lacroix-Riz Vassilis Panayiotopoulous Giannis Papatheodorou Chrysafis H. Iordanoglou

All cast & crew

7.3

Details

Genres : History War Documentary

Release date : Jan 3, 2025

Countries of origin : France Belgium Greece

Language : French Greek

Production companies : Greek Film Centre (GFC) ARTE Cyclope Productions

Summary The film is a journey in the Greek and Western history from the 1929 crash to today, in the light of economic greed. Rarely seen film footage and unconventional interviews retrace the imprints it leaves on societies and the relations it builds between human beings. View more details

Details

Genres : History War Documentary

Release date : Jan 3, 2025

Countries of origin : France Belgium Greece

Language : French Greek

Production companies : Greek Film Centre (GFC) ARTE Cyclope Productions

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Episodes

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Episode 1 • Dec 31, 1969
1929-1955
An overview of the war years and the 1929 financial crisis. On its liberation in August 1944, Greece was freed from a triple occupation (German, Italian, Bulgarian): 90 % of its villages had been reduced to rubble, 300,000 had died of hunger in Athens. In 1946 civil war erupts.
Episode 2 • Dec 31, 1969
1956-2008
Founder of the PASOK, Andreas Papandreou came to power in 1981, committed to modernizing Greek society. A leading figure in the fight against the Greek junta, he took the credit for the mythical liberation of Greece for himself. After a series of scandals, the right-wing conservatives won the 1990 elections.

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