Melina Mercouri
Рождение : 1920-10-18, Athens, Greece
Смерть : 1994-03-06
История
Melina Mercouri (Greek: Μελίνα Μερκούρη), born as Maria Amalia Mercouri (October 18, 1920, Athens, Greece – March 6, 1994, New York City, New York) was a Greek actress, singer and politician.
As an actress she made her film debut in Stella (1955) and met international success with her performances in Never on Sunday, Phaedra, Topkapi and Promise at Dawn. She won the award for Best Actress at the 1960 Cannes Film Festival, and she was also nominated for an Academy Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and two BAFTA Awards.
A political activist during the Greek military junta of 1967–1974, she became a member of the Hellenic Parliament in 1977 and the first female Minister for Culture of Greece in 1981. Mercouri was the person who, in 1983, conceived and proposed the programme of the European Capital of Culture, which has been established by the European Union since 1985.
She was a strong advocate for the return of the Parthenon Marbles, which were removed from the Parthenon and are now displayed in the British Museum, to Athens.
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(Archival Footage)
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.
Herself (Archive Footage)
The Acropolis Museum, recognizing the enormous contribution of Melina Merkouris in raising awareness of the international community for the reunification of the famous sculptures of the Parthenon which are divided in Athens and London, proceeded to create a 23-minute long video, in which the winding of the Parthenon from Elgin and Melina Merkouri's international campaign.
Maya / Medea
Melina Mercouri plays Maya, a jet-setting Greek actress who returns to her homeland to undertake the role of Medea. Searching for inspiration and clues as to how a mother could kill the children she loves, Maya discovers Brenda (Ellen Burstyn), a bible-spouting American woman serving time in an Athens prison for that very crime.
Sister Gertrude
In a Philadelphia convent, two nuns battle it out to be elected to the position of head abbess, and neither is about to let anything stand in the way of getting what she wants.
Karla
An over-the-hill movie producer marries a wealthy, spiteful woman and closeted lesbian just to please his spoiled daughter who then, in an attempt to spite him, seduces both a wealthy playboy and a local screenwriter.
A documentary about the resistance of the people against the millitary Greek junta.
Producer
An indictment of the Greek military junta of 1967–1974. The film tries to give a reconstruction of the events during the students' uprising in the Athens Polytechnic (November 1973) by documents, rehearsals, interviews, songs and poems.
An indictment of the Greek military junta of 1967–1974. The film tries to give a reconstruction of the events during the students' uprising in the Athens Polytechnic (November 1973) by documents, rehearsals, interviews, songs and poems.
Nina Kacewa
A single mother raises her son in impossible circumstances first in Leningrad, then Krakow, and then France, and is over-ambitious about him but never gives in.
Lil
По роману Бена Хечта. Галена, Иллинойс, 1910 год. Во время празднования Дня независимости днём независимости Бен Янг решает, что пришло время найти свою удачу и отправиться в Чикаго. Но в Чикаго у него крадут все деньги, и он падает в обморок от голода. На помощь к нему приходит Куин Лил, местная госпожа, которая берет его в свой бордель, где ему разрешают остаться на верхнем этаже дома. Куин Лил находит Бену работу в журнале, где он встречает грубого, но доброго редактора Фрэнсиса Салливана. Салливан берет Бена в тур по Тендерлойну, где Бен многое узнает о политических реалиях города. Бен решает посвятить свою жизнь преобразованию теневой политики Чикаго.
Maria
Супруги Пол и Мария вместе с дочерью и приятельницей Клер едут в Мадрид. Так как приближается сильная буря, полиция останавливает их машину и просит переночевать в деревне. Также они узнают, что полиция разыскивает некоего Родриго Палестра, обвиняемого в убийстве жены и ее любовника. В переполненном отеле Мария вынуждена спать в коридоре. Она случайно выясняет, что у ее мужа и Клер роман. Здесь же она встречает Родриго и решает помочь ему скрыться от полиции.
Aurora / Celeste da Costa
Правительственный агент убит в Лиссабоне при расследовании кражи бриллиантов. В это время ничего не подозревающий представитель американского банка Уильям Бeддоус прибывает в Португалию по делам. По странному стечению обстоятельств его принимают за агента, который прибыл на замену убитому.
Jenny
Vincent is recovering from a nervous breakdown in a seaside village on the Costa Brava. He enters into an affair with nightclub owner Jenny, but their relationship changes when she falls for alcoholic author Pascal Regnier, who is struggling to resume his writing career. Vincent eventually returns home, leaving Jenny to stay on with Pascal and his young son Daniel.
Elizabeth Lipp
В Турции, в Стамбуле, в суперохраняемом дворце бывшего султана, который теперь называется музеем Топкапи, находится бесценный древний кинжал ювелирной работы, стоимость которого превышает все мыслимые и немыслимые пределы. Понятное дело, что находятся безбашенные авантюристы, которые решают завладеть сокровищем. Они разрабатывают гениальный план ограбления и поэтапно начинают претворять его в жизнь…
Magda
Фильм рассказывает о судьбах молодых американских солдат во второй мировой войне, их ратном труде, трусости и доблести, желании выжить и познать счастье даже в этих жестоких условиях существования. Действие фильма происходит на Сицилии, в Бельгии, Франции, Голландии.
Self
The film is a rundown of the songs sung by the stars of the time, chained to various shows such as strip and comic caricatures.
Phaedra
В современной Греции отец Алексиса — чрезвычайно богатый судоходный магнат — женится на молоденькой девушке Федре. Когда Алексис встречает свою мачеху, между ними вспыхивает страсть, и они начинают встречаться…
Foreign lady
The Last Judgement (Italian: Il giudizio universale) is a 1961 commedia all'italiana film by Italian director Vittorio De Sica. It was coproduced with France. It has an all-star Italian and international cast, including Americans Jack Palance, Ernest Borgnine; Greek Melina Mercouri and French Fernandel, Anouk Aimée and Lino Ventura. The film was a huge flop, massacred by critics and audiences when it was released. It was filmed in black and white, but the last sequence, the dance at theatre, is in color.
Marie de Médicis
Ilya
Робкий, пуританских нравов американский ученый пытается «спасти» и преревоспитать проститутку по имени Илия, которая раз в неделю принципиально не выходит на свою «работу».
Donna Lucrezia
В маленьком итальянском рыбацком городке ночами все мужчины собираются в местной таверне, чтобы сыграть в особенную игру под названием "Закон". Победитель на короткий срок становится главарём и может позволить себе многое.
Belle
About to enter a marriage he wants no part of, rich nobleman Mitchell takes up with gypsy Mecouri. They marry, but she soon discovers he's deeply in debt. (TCM)
Katerina
Greece, in the 1920s, is occupied by the Turks. The country is in turmoil with entire villages uprooted. The site of the movie is a Greek village that conducts a passion play each year. The leading citizens of the town, under the auspices of the Patriarch, choose those that will play the parts in the Passion. A stuttering shepherd is chosen to play Jesus. The town butcher (who wanted to be Jesus) is chosen as Judas. The town prostitute is chosen as Mary Magdalene. The rest of the disciples are also chosen. As the movie unfolds, the Passion Play becomes a reality. A group of villagers, uprooted by the war and impoverished, arrive at the village led by their priest. The wealthier citizens of the town want nothing with these people and manipulate a massacre. In the context of the 1920s, each of the characters plays out their biblical role in actuality.
Stella
The story of a young,wild woman who doesn't want to compromise and settle down. Stella is a restless, rebellious Greek woman who plays with men and enjoys her life as much as she can. But when she meets a young football player, things get mixed up. She loves him but she loves her freedom too. So it's about time she made an important choice.
