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HAZARDOUS AND UNHEALTHY/ Varea Anthiyiina

Director: Antonis Papadopoulos

Cast: Paschalis Tsarouchas, Nena Mendi, Antonis Antoniou and Regina Pantelidi

A sharp lesson on the power of myth over history is provided by this ironic drama about a seedy truck-driver stranded in a village he once saved from the Nazis. The villagers, thinking he'd been killed that day, erected a statue to him and have parlayed his heroic feat into a lucrative local legend. His being alive - and a bit a scoundrel - blows the whole story, so they lock him up.


Script: Dimitris Spyrou, Antonis Papadopoulos, Alexandros Kakavas and Grigoris Papadogiannis
Cinematography: Polydefkis Kyrlidis
Music: Marios Tokas
Sound recordist: Spiros Drossos
Editing: Takis Koumoundouros
Art Director: Kostas Botsos and Antonis Halkias
Lyrics: Philippos Grapsas
Songs: Pashalis Terzis
Costumes: Magda Kaloriti
Producer: Costas Lambropoulos
Production: Greek Film Centre, CL Productions and ERT S.A

Antonis Papadopoulos Filmography

2003: Hazardous And Unhealthy

1990: Dominikos Theotokopoulos, The Cretan Creates (doc)

1989: Visual Forms (doc)

1988: Friendly Limnos (doc)

1986: The White Horse at The End of The Coal Mine

1985: Castellorizo

1984: Drago

1983: Stand-of

1982: Album

Born in Athens in 1956, Papadopoulos studied film directing at the Kiev State Institute. Apart from his work in film he has also directed the documentary series entitled Visual forms (3x30’) and Dominikos Theotokopoulos, the Cretan Creates (5 x30’) for the Hellenic Broadcasting Corp.

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