The Apaches of Athens

The Apaches of Athens (1930)

Οι Απάχηδες των Αθηνών

The film, with many scenes shot on location, constitutes a precious document as it exquisitely captures some of the most important landmarks of Athens and its outskirts, as well as daily life in the 1930s. synchronise moving images with a sound-ondisc system in Greece, using a semiimprovised setup according to press coverage of the time.

Date of release
1930-04-28
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (6)
Runtime
1h 32m
Genres
Drama
Director
Dimitris Gaziadis

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Greece

The Apaches of Athens is a 1930 Greek silent film directed by Dimitrios Gaziadis. It was one of the first Greek silent films to feature recorded sound via a gramophone. The method was also attempted by the film Astero. Apaches of Athens was produced by the DAG film company and is based on the 1921 operetta of the same name by Nikos Hadziapostolou and Yiannis Prineas. Yiannis Prineas appears in the film as the character Nikolas Karoubas. The term Apaches (απάχης) means "hoodlum" or "criminal" and the title is translated to "hoodlums of Athens". The story is a romantic adventure about an Athenian petty criminal named Petros aka the Prince. His name in the original story was Kostas.

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