Directing
Basil Maros
Born January 1, 1929 · Athens, Greece
Died November 10, 2002 · aged 73
Vasilis Maros or Basil Maros (Greek: Βασίλης Μάρος; 1929 – 10 November 2002) was a Greek photographer, cinematographer, and documentary film director with international collaborations, including work with 20th Century Fox, the BBC, and Italian and German television. He was born in Athens in 1929 and died on 10 November 2002, leaving a significant body of documentary films focused on Greek history,…
Known For
Atlas · 1961Atlas
★ 3.41961
MovieAdventureAction
Evil king Praximedes convinces superhero Atlas to fight for him, but Atlas eventually sees the king's true nature and turns against him.
Bouzouki · 1973Bouzouki
1973
MovieDocumentaryMusic
The history of Greek folk music - and the history of Greece - starting with the bouzouki: Bayanteras, Tsitsanis, Vamvakaris, Daskalakis, Rosa Eskenazi, Eftychia Papagiannopoulou, Vicky Moscholiou, Marinella, Theodorakis, Hadjidakis. The film, which was rejected by the then Thessaloniki Festival (by the Censorship Committee in 1973, by the Preliminary Committee in 1974), focuses on the sound that served as a compass for great artists, sealed important historical moments of the country and served as a mirror of its era.
Kalymnos, the island of sponge divers · 1960Kalymnos, the island of sponge divers
1960
MovieDocumentaryHistory
"The annual balance is $25,000,000, five deaths and three paralytics." The difficulties, the dangers and the joys of a small place in the Dodecanese that lives by sponge fishing. Every dive hides the danger of divers' disease, every journey is a battle with the sea, while on land wives, parents and widows are left waiting. The ritual preparation of a diver before diving. The everyday life of the women and the festive reception of the mops when they return. Life during the months they stay on the island, along with the entire cycle of processing and trading the sponges. The great festival before their departure for another six to seven months. A multi-award winning documentary about daily toil, human pain and the joy that inevitably accompanies it in the cycle of life.
The Aegean Tragedy · 1961The Aegean Tragedy
★ 6.31961
MovieHistoryDocumentary
Documentary on the Greek history of the first half of the 20th century, from the Balkan wars until December events, with a special emphasis on the Asia Minor Catastrophe and its aftermath, through filmed documents by Joseph Hep, George Prokopiou, Achilleas Mandras, Philopimenas Finos, Gabriel Loggos and Kyriakos Kourbetis.
Crete and Modern Greek Poets · 1977Crete and Modern Greek Poets
1977
MovieDocumentary
Illustrations (in the area of Crete) of 14 poems by seven modern Greek poets: Cavafy, Ritsos, Seferis, Sikelianos, Prevelakis, Kazantzakis, Christodoulou.
Athens dances Rock 'n' Roll · 1957Athens dances Rock 'n' Roll
1957
MovieDocumentary
The film refers to the fashion of the new American rock and roll dance, which also reached Athens. It is a short film that cost 100,000 drachmas. When Costas Karras appears in the movie, he says that it is a "rock and roll" competition in which he won an electric guitar and that his partner Katerina Helmi was a top performer at that time.
Athos, The Holy Mountain · 1967Athos, The Holy Mountain
1967
MovieDocumentary
The history of monasticism on Mount Athos.