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| Euridice BA 2037 | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Ευριδίκη ΒΑ 2037 | |
| Directed by | Nikos Nikolaidis |
| Written by | Nikos Nikolaidis |
| Produced by | Nikos Nikolaidis Vadim Glowna Vera Tschechowa |
| Starring | Vera Tschechowa John Moore Niki Triantafillidi Manolis Logiadis |
| Cinematography | Giorgos Panousopoulos |
| Edited by | Giorgos Triandafyllou |
| Music by | Antonio Vivaldi Frédéric Chopin Dinah Shore |
| Production companies | Atossa Film Produktion GmbH Marni Film |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 96 minutes |
| Countries | Greece West Germany |
| Language | Greek |
Euridice BA 2037 (Greek: Ευριδίκη ΒΑ 2037) is a 1975 Greek-West German co-production black and white dramatic surrealist underground film directed by Nikos Nikolaidis, his debut feature film.
Plot
Partially based on Greek mythology, the film centers on Eurydice as she waits for her lover Orpheus to save her from Hades. While waiting for her rescue from the underworld, she faces her fears, desires, hallucinations, and memories.
Cast
- Vera Tschechowa as Eurydice
- John Moore as Man
- Niki Triantafillidi as Woman
- Manolis Logiadis
Reception
Accolades
Despite a lukewarm reaction by viewers, critics appreciated the innovative perspective on the classic Greek tragedy of Orpheus and Eurydice and noted the originality of Nikolaidis' artistic techniques. It is characteristic that Nikolaidis himself believed Euridice BA 2037 to be his best film.
André Z. Labarrére and Olivier Labarrére, authors of Atlas du cinéma, wrote that the film was one of the "New Greek Cinema" films that "radically transformed the panorama."
For this film, Nikolaidis won the Best New Director Award, the Greek National Ministry of Culture Award, as well as the Athens Film Critics Association Best Picture Award at the Thessaloniki Festival of Greek Cinema in September 1975, where Marie-Louise Bartholomew, who was involved in the production of the film, also won the Best Set Designer Award, and Andreas Andreadakis, who was involved in the editing of the film, also won the Best Editor Award.
References
- Filmkunst: Zeitschrift für Filmkultur und Filmwissenschaft, Nummer 67–79, 1975, S. 84. Wien: Österreichische Gesellschaft für Filmwissenschaft, Bundesministerium für Unterricht (in German); Gesek, Ludwig (Mai 1975). In Filmkunst: Zeitschrift für Filmkultur und Filmwissenschaft, Nummer 67/68, S. 6. Wien: Österreichische Gesellschaft für Filmwissenschaft, Bundesministerium für Unterricht. (in German)
- "Nikolaidis Nikos". That's Greece: Culture, Performing Arts, Cinema. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
- Labarrére, André Z., y Labarrére, Olivier (2009). Atlas del cine (Título original: Atlas du cinéma. Paris: Librairie Générale Française, 2002). Madrid: Ediciones Akal. p. 275. ISBN 8446021501. (in Spanish)
- Γενικά 1975: 16ο Φεστιβάλ Ελληνικού Κινηματογράφου. Διεθνές Φεστιβάλ Κινηματογράφου Θεσσαλονίκης (Πληροφορίες: Βραβεία) (in Greek). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
- Schuster, Mel (1979). The Contemporary Greek Cinema. Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press. p. 324. ISBN 0810811960.
Further reading
- Variety's Film Reviews, Volume 14: 1975–1977, New York, New York: R.R. Bowker, 1989 (ISBN 0835227944).
External links
- Euridice BA 2037 at Nikos Nikolaidis (Film Director/Writer/Producer)
- Euridice BA 2037 at IMDb
- Euridice BA 2037 at the Greek Film Archive Film Museum: Archived 19 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine Home Page Archived 11 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Digital Archives Archived 13 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Filmography Archived 13 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine
- Euridice BA 2037 at 5 Books, 6 Films, and... Nikos Nikolaidis: Films
- Euridice BA 2037 at The New York Times Movies
- Euridice BA 2037 at Film Portal: Filme (in German)
| Films directed by Nikos Nikolaidis | |
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- 1975 films
- 1970s avant-garde and experimental films
- 1975 drama films
- 1975 independent films
- Films directed by Nikos Nikolaidis
- Films set in Greece
- Films shot in Greece
- German avant-garde and experimental films
- German black-and-white films
- German drama films
- German independent films
- Greek black-and-white films
- Greek drama films
- 1970s Greek films
- 1970s Greek-language films
- Films about Orpheus
- Tragedy
- West German films
- 1975 directorial debut films
- 1970s German films