Released:
2008-11-22

Overview:
A, an American film director of Greek ancestry, is making a film that tells his story and the story of his parents. It is a tale that unfolds in Italy, Germany, Russia, Kazakhstan, Canada and the USA. The main character is Eleni, who is claimed and claims the absoluteness of love. At the same time the film is a long journey into the vast history and the events of the last fifty years that left their mark on the 20th century. The characters in the film move as though in a dream. The dust of time confuses memories. A searches for them and experiences them in the present.

Director:
Theo Angelopoulos

Runtime:
2h 8min

Genre:
Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Willem Dafoe
  as
  A
• 
  Bruno Ganz
  as
  Jacob
• 
  Michel Piccoli
  as
  Spyros
• 
  Irène Jacob
  as
  Eleni
• 
  Christiane Paul
  as
  Helga