Dimitra Matsouka, Juan Diego Botto, Laia Marull

An epic tale of an uncompromising artist and fighter for freedom, Domenicos Theotokopoulos, known to the world as "El Greco". Set in the 16th century, El Greco's search for freedom and love ranges fro...( read more  read more... )m the courts of Crete and Venice to Toledo in Spain. Here he is confronted by his greatest adversary: the Holy Inquisition. Never backing down in his against with the establishment of his day, El Greco's story is one of unusual heroism, betrayal, love, and the power of one man and his creative consciousness to stand up and overcome barbarity and ignorance. An inspiration which lives on to this day.

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Unrated, 1 hr 58 min

Directed by: Yannis Smaragdis

Release Date: October 18, 2007

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  • February 7, 2009
    Not bad. (Sotiris Moustakas last movie)
  • December 4, 2008
    Película histórica muy bien ambientada en un resplandeciente S. XVI, con destacable intepretación de Juan Diego Botto como Niño de Guevara. Realista y dura. Cabe destacar la fantástica BSO, compuesta por VANGELIS.
  • May 25, 2008
    The story of the mst important painter of Greece Domenicus Theotokopoulos or better known El Greco , based on a biography book. This movie was filmed in Greece , Italy and Spain , and traks his story and his two marriages in-between.
    This is the last movie of Sotiris Moust...( read more)akas , a quite popular actor of 80s.
    The story seems a little lacking from the start but interest increased progressively as the story continues o the end
    One of my best movies from Greece , and possibly the best Greek movie for this time

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  • zlon
    May 25, 2008
    Any other opinions her?

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