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This is an excerpt from the documentary filmed by Melina Mercouri in Cyprus in July 1975, one year after the Turkish invasion.
Melina Mercouri is in Cyprus and converses with ordinary people, such as the wives and mothers of the missing persons, military personnel and soldiers of the National Guard, Glafcos Clerides, who was then the representative of the Greek Cypriot side in the intercommunal talks, and Archbishop Makarios. The documentary follows the large march of women to the graves of the victims of the July 15, 1974 coup and the Turkish invasion, including a speech by Makarios, records testimonies of Greek Cypriots in refugee camps and on a main street in divided Nicosia, and tours the military base in the industrial area of Sopaz.
At the same time, it broadcasts interviews with Turkish Cypriots from Kyrenia, using material provided by a Dutch crew with footage from the occupied areas. It also features Melina Mercouri's performance of Eleni Karaindrou's song with lyrics by K. H. Myris, "Antinanourisma" ("Anti-lullaby"). The documentary, found almost intact three years after Melina Mercouri's death, was broadcast for the first time by ERT on March 6, 1997, as a tribute to her.
Director: Melina Mercouri
Production: Dimitris Pontikas
Journalistic Supervision: Nikos Kampanis
Photography: Aris Stavrou
Sound: Spiros Drosos
Mixing: Giorgos Triantafyllou
Editing: Gianna Spyropoulou
Video Editing: Panagiotis Antypas
Assistant Director: Manouella Pavlidou
The songs featured are by Eleni Karaindrou
ERT 1975
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