Gate of Darkness

2020 44 min

Overview

The documentary outlines the longest siege of a city (Candia) ever recorded in history, during the Fifth Ottoman-Venetian War, in the 17th century. The events are unfolded through the written testimonials of a Venetian officer, an Ottoman traveler, a citizen of Candia and the poet of the Cretan Renaissance, M.T. Buniales. The documentary portrays modern-day Heraclion, avoiding to reconstruct the historical period of the siege through the use of costumes and mise-en-scène.

Genres

Documentary

Production Countries

Greece

Spoken Languages

Greek el

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Cast

Yannis Gigourtzis

Narrator

Tasoula Markomichelaki

Narrator

Antonis Perantonakis

Narrator

Manolis Sfakianakis

Narrator

Crew

Manolis Sfakianakis

Director

Manolis Sfakianakis

Producer

Alexandros Chatzipanagiotis

Cinematography

Leonidas Chartofilakas

Music

Manolis Sfakianakis

Writer

Panos Kerasiotis

Music

Posters

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