Historic documentary "CAPTAIN KEMAL: A COMRADE"
A Turk, born in 1915, who after the Greek-Turkish war (1919-1922) was a devout nationalist and fanatic enemy of the Greeks, decides in 1947 to illegally visit the Greek north-eastern mountains at Thrace in order to fight in the Greek Civil War on the side of the Greek Guerrillas (Communists). Today, at the age of 92, he makes a journey back to Greece where he fought to visit again the battle fields and if possible to meet again with his comrades.
INTERNATIONAL AWARDS & RECOGNITION
- Docs For Sale - IDFA 2008
- Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, Thessaloniki 2009, competitive section
- International Istanbul Film Festival (documentary section), Turkey 2009, out of competition
- Lemessos International Documentary Festival, Cyprus 2009, competitive section
- Chalkida Documentary Festival Docfest, Chalkida 2009, competitive section:
- Sound Award (Dimitris Athanassopoulos)
- Original Music Award (Yiorgos Papadakis)
- Editing Award (Antonis Pezas)
- Special Award to the director Fotos Lamprinos
- Antalya Film Festival, Turkey 2009, screening
- Bar Film Festival, Montenegro 2009, screening
- London Greek Film Festival, UK 2009, competitive section:
- Best Creative Documentary Award
- Mediterranean Film Festival, Munich 2009, competitive section
- Kalamata Documentary Fastival, Greece, 2014, screening
- Ciné-Club Hellénique de Luxembourg, Luxembourg, screening, 2012
CREDITS
Directed by | Fotos Lamprinos |
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Screenplay | Fotos Lamprinos |
Producers | Costas Lambropoulos, Greek Film Centre, ERT SA (Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation) |
Co-producer | Fotos Lamprinos |
Production | CL Productions |
2008, Digital Beta, 72', color & B/W, Dolby Digital |