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starring: Kate Nelligan, John Malkovich, Linda Hunt, Oliver Cotton, Ronald Pickupdirected by: Peter Yates
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786300150874
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6300150879
Label: Embassy/Nelson Ent. - O.B.
Manufacturer: Embassy/Nelson Ent. - O.B.
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Embassy/Nelson Ent. - O.B.
Release Date: March 17, 1993
Running Time: 116 minutes
Sales Rank: 5026
Studio: Embassy/Nelson Ent. - O.B.
Theatrical Release Date: 1985
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Great story about the reality of communism on Greece
This is a fantastic true story about a boy, his mother and his family who are caught up in a communist revolution. If anyone is in doubt about what a choke hold communism can put on a country, see this movie. After you see the movie you might even come to the conclusion that US Senator Joe McCarthy(American patriot, anti spy - anti communist Senator who was railroaded by congressional liberals and the press to the point that his name was made into an adjective in American dictionaries. They made ... Read More
Rating: - Left wing Hollywood machine
All freedom loving people need to remember how Communists and their twisted ideology destroyed the lives of so many millions of people around the world including this wonderful lady in a village in Greece.
Since this film truthfully depicts the horrors commited on innocent people in the name of Communist ideology, Hollywood will take its own sweet time in releasing it in DVD format.
Rating: - Astonishingly authentic recreation of a period
Having lived in Greece during the period portrayed in the film, I was dumbfounded by the extremely accurate recreation of the period. In addition to their other accomplishments, the creators of this film (producers, set designers, scripwriters, director, actors and others) deserve great praise for authentically reproducing in every single detail the total environment of the Communist insurgency that lasted, with breaks, from December 1944 until the Greek army managed to finally crush the elusive ... Read More
Rating: - Powerful, Beautiful, Haunting
This true account of a mother's struggle in post-war Greece has haunted me for over twenty years. Since becoming a parent myself, I have often thought of Eleni's sacrifice. It is a great mystery to me why this fantastic film has virtually disappeared from circulation. It's one of the most perfectly realized films you'll come across. The acting, direction, and photography are superb. It's worth owning just for Bruce Smeaton's brilliantly unique musical score. I've tried, without success, to find Greek ... Read More
Rating: - Great Movie "Eleni"
I loved this movie, I have been looking for it for a long time, when will this be coming out on DVD.
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