Order: Kill Makarios

Order: Kill Makarios

1975 · 95 min · ★ 9.0 · Drama, History, Crime

A Greek journalist, Thomas Giannidis, learns that there will be an assassination attempt against Archbishop Makarios on July 15, 1974. After making several unsuccessful attempts to publish the information in the newspaper where he works, he decides to go to Cyprus. There he meets a Cypriot girl, Mary, whose brother serves in Makarios' presidential guard, and they put him in touch with Makarios himself. Makarios assures him that there have been many attempts in the past and is not impressed by his information. After an attempt to kill the journalist, the presidential guard decides to find evidence in the illegal organization's hideout. Then the coup takes place on the 15th and the Turkish invasion on July 20, 1974.

Directed by Pavlos Filippou · Written by Jonathan Rumbold

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Lakis Komninos Themis Giannidis
Antonis Katsaris
Hristina Konstadinidou Mairy
Stelios Kafkarides
Kostas Dimitriou
Antonis Astaniotis
Dimos Damianou
Maggy Dimitriou
Giannis Kandilas
Tasos Kapnos
Kostas Karagiorgis Dimitris Kambanis
Iakovos Koursaris

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