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February 2021
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1968 is a 2018 historical-sports docudrama film directed by Tassos Boulmetis.
Plot
April 4, 1968. The Panathenaic Stadium (then Olympic Stadium of Athens) is abuzz, with thousands of people gathered and millions listening through their radios. The FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup final between AEK B.C. – Slavia VŠ Praha has just begun and is attended by 80,000 spectators, the Guinness World Record attendance for a basketball event.
A girl in love is dreaming of her wedding day, while the future husband becomes more desperate with every Greek ball going through the hoop. An elderly husband and wife remember the home they left behind. A young communist prisoner cheers from his jail cell and a PROPO betting shop becomes the place where old and new wounds resurface.
Years before this night, three Constantinopolitans seeing Greek refugees from Constantinople arriving in Athens as part of the population exchange between Greece and Turkey following the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) decided to create an athletic union, eventually named AEK, that will tell their story. At the end of this night, Greek history will have changed forever.https://www.boulmetis.gr/en/films/1968 1968 15 March 2021 boulmetis.gr
Cast
Ieroklis Michailidis as the maestro
Antonis Kafetzopoulos as a Greek from Constantinople
Giorgos Mitsikostas as a PROPO betting shop owner
Stelios Mainas as the passenger
Manolis Mavromatakis as bus officer
Vasiliki Troufakou as Varvara
Giannis Vouros
Christos Dimas
Orfeas Avgoustidis as Thanasis
Themis Panou as the doctor
Taxiarchis Chanos as a prison guard
Alexandros Zouridakis as a prison guard
Antonis Antoniou as the funeral home operator
Errikos Litsis as the informer
Thodoris Katsafados as Varvara's father
Giorgos Souxes as a Greek from Constantinople
Alexis Agrafiadis as a Greek from Constantinople
Alexandros Amerikanos as Giorgos Amerikanos: Captain of AEK
Alexandros Moukanos as the prisoner's father
Maria Antoulinaki as Varvara's mother
Antonis Kyriakidis as Lakis Tsavas
Petra Mavridi as a schoolgirl
Vasilis Georgiou as himself: Radio broadcaster of the event
Christos Zoupas as himself: Former AEK player
Nikos Milas as himself: Former AEK manager
Lakis Tsavas as himself: Former AEK player
Nikos Nesiadis as himself: Former AEK player
Stelios Vasileiadis as himself: Former AEK player
Eas Larentzakis as himself: Former AEK player
Georgios Trontzos as himself: Former AEK player
Petros Petrakis as himself: Former AEK player
Jiří Zídek Sr. as himself: Former Slavia Praha player
Jiří Růžička as himself: Former Slavia Praha player
Bohumil Tomášek as himself: Former Slavia Praha player
Kyriakos Chinas as himself
Nikolaos Ouzounoglou as himself
Ntinos Belalidis as himself: Chairman of Kurtuluş S.K.
Pepi Amerikanou as herself: Wife of former AEK captain Giorgos Amerikanos
Gitsa Christea as herself: Wife of former AEK player Antonis Christeas
Aristidis Kamaras as himself: Event spectator and former Panathinaikos F.C. footballer
Giannis Ioannidis as himself: Event spectator and former AEK manager
Theodoros Vamvakousis as himself: Event spectator and former Olympiacos B.C. player
Ntinos Panagidis as himself: Event spectator
Michalis Poulantzas as himself: Former AEK player
Release
The film was released in cinemas on January 25, 2018 by Feelgood Entertainmenthttps://greekreporter.com/2018/01/12/aek-basketball-triumph-in-1968-revived-50-years-later-video/ AEK Basketball Triumph in "1968" Revived 50 Years Later (video) 12 January 2018 24 February 2021 greekreporter.com and opened number one at the Greek box office.https://www.pappaspost.com/tasos-boulmetis-new-basketball-docudrama-film-1968-taking-greece-storm/ Tasos Boulmetis' New Basketball Docudrama Film '1968' Is Taking Greece by Storm 2 February 2018 15 March 2021 Gregory Pappas
The film went to gross $853,512 at the Greek box office, making it the 24th highest grossing 2018 film in Greece.https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/2018/?area=GR Greece Yearly Box Office (2018) Box Office Mojo April 9, 2021
Awards
+ Awards and nominations received by The Godfather Award Category Nominee Result Ref. Hellenic Film Academy Awards Best Sound Dimitris AthanasopoulosChristos GoussiosKostas Varympopiotis Best Director Tassos Boulmetis Best Special Effects and Cinematic Innovation Giannis GeorgariouAlexis Paraschos Best Costume Design Daphne KolivaEvelyna Darzenta Best Film Makis AngelopoulosTassos Boulmetis Los Angeles Greek Film Festival (LAGFF)Orpheus Award Audience Award Tassos Boulmetis http://lagff.org/archive/lagff-2018/orpheus-winners-2018/ LAGFF WINNERS 2018 10 June 2018 13 February 2021 lagff.org Special Jury Award Tassos Boulmetis http://lagff.org/archive/lagff-2018/orpheus-winners-2018/ LAGFF WINNERS 2018 10 June 2018 13 February 2021 lagff.org Best Documentary Film Tassos Boulmetis http://lagff.org/archive/lagff-2018/orpheus-winners-2018/ LAGFF WINNERS 2018 10 June 2018 13 February 2021 lagff.org
References
External links
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Category:2018 films
Category:Greek drama films
Category:Films set in 1968
Category:2018 sports films
Category:Basketball films
Category:2010s Greek films