Summary By using Lord Elgin's actual letters written when he was Ambassador in Constantinople in 1802 the film analyses how and why he took the majority of the sculptures from the Parthenon Temple in Athens and shipped them back to England. View more details
Directed : Christopher Miles
Written : Brian Clark Christopher Miles Andreas Staikos
Stars : Hugh Grant Julian Fellowes Nigel Havers Clare Byam-Shaw
Genres : Drama
Release date : Oct 19, 1986
Countries of origin : United Kingdom
Language : English
Filming locations : Acropolis, Erectheum and Parthenon Temple, Athens, Greece
Production companies : Channel 4 Television Corporation ERT1 Milesian Films
Summary By using Lord Elgin's actual letters written when he was Ambassador in Constantinople in 1802 the film analyses how and why he took the majority of the sculptures from the Parthenon Temple in Athens and shipped them back to England. View more details
Genres : Drama
Release date : Oct 19, 1986
Countries of origin : United Kingdom
Language : English
Filming locations : Acropolis, Erectheum and Parthenon Temple, Athens, Greece
Production companies : Channel 4 Television Corporation ERT1 Milesian Films