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Letters from Athens

Letters from Athens

With the German Occupation in Greece (1941-1944) as a background, this film tells the love story between my father, an assistant professor at the mysterious German Scientific Institute of Athens - financed by the occupying power, Germany, but in reality a refuge for resistant students - and Nelly, a young student in Fine Arts. The film also traces the portrait of their friend Rudolf Fahrner, founder of the Institute, comrade of the Stauffenberg Brothers and one of the few conspirators of the assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler, on 20 July 1944, that survived the repression that followed.

Release DateOctober 24, 2016
StatusReleased
Original TitleBriefe aus Athen
Runtime1h 28min
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Revenue
LanguageGerman, Greek
Original LanguageGreek
Production CountriesFrance, Germany, Greece
Production CompaniesAIA FilmsGoethe-InstitutEPTVidéo de PocheLichtblick FilmWDRFilm- und Medienstiftung NRWCNC