| Screening Schedule |
| Friday, November 14, 2008 |
| Saturday, November 15, 2008 |
| Sunday, November 16, 2008 |
| Monday, November 17, 2008 |
| Tuesday, November 18, 2008 |
| Wednesday, November 19, 2008 |
| Thursday, November 20, 2008 |
| Friday, November 21, 2008 |
| Saturday, November 22, 2008 |
| Sunday, November 23, 2008 |
The screening schedule of the 49th T.I.F.F. is also available in.pdf format
There are extra screenings of Greek films on Monday the 24th, is available in .pdf format.
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| Director | | Manos Zakharias | 
Filmography
1947 Flagrand Delit
1948 The Truth about the Children of Greece
1959 Utreni reis/The Morning Flight
1960 Lovtsy gubok/The Sponge Divers
1962 Notsnoi pasazir/The Night Passenger
1963 Konec I natcolo/The End and the Beginning
1966 Ya soldat, mama/I Am a Soldier, Mother
1968 Karatel/A Member of the Firing Squad
1970 Gorod pervoi lyubvi/The Town of First Love
(a seven-part film - Boris Yasin & Manos Zakharias)
1972 Na uglu Arbata I ulitsy Bubulinas/At the Corner of Arbat and Bubulinas Street
1974 Who Will Answer?
1977 Psevdonim: Lukac/Under the Name of Lukac
Biography
He was born in Athens and studied Chemistry at the University of Athens and Drama at the Rota-Sarantidis School. In December 1945, he won a scholarship from the French Institute to study in France. He attended Art History classes at the Sorbonne and graduated from the Institute of Higher FilmStudies (IDHEC) in Paris. Between 1948-49 he took part in the Civil War, organizing the filming crew of the Republican Army. After the defeat of the communists, he went into political exile in Tashkent. There he graduated from the School of Direction of the Theatrical Institute and taught acting for two years. In 1956 he attended Mosfilm’s School for the Advanced Training of Film directors in Moscow. He went on to make ten films at Mosfilm Studios. In 1979 he returned to Greece. He served as Advisor on Film Issues to Melina Mercouri, President of the Greek Film Center and head of the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation ERT’s European Program Office.
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A Member of the Firing Squad / Manos Zakharias |  Following the military coup d’état of the Greek junta, a young man is led to the firing squad. One of the soldiers will refuse to take part in the execution and will be sent to jail. After the execution, the soldiers are given leave. We follow one of them, as he gets together with his friends, his girlfriend, and his relatives, and we observe the path he takes until he realizes the true meaning of his act.
Film trailer:
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| | Director: | Manos Zakharias | | Script: | Oleg Stukalov, based on an idea by Yorgos Sevastikoglou | | Photographer: | German Lavrov | | Montage: | Valentina Koulagina | | Sound: | Boris Vengerovsky | | Music: | Mikis Theodorakis | | Sets: | Abram Freydin | | Costumes: | Maya Abar-Baranovskaya | | With: | Masa Vandova (Maria), Yevgeni Kindinov (Vangelis), Sergei Shakurov (Tonis), Georgi Burkov (Nikos), Victor Voynichesku-Sotski (Dimitris), Svetlana Orlova (Eleni), Irina Paikina (Margarita), Armen Dzhigarkhanyan (sergeant), Leonid Kanevsky (Andreas), Sotiris Belevendis (Sotirhos), Manos Zakharias (priest) | | Production: | Mosfilm | | Production Country: | USSR | | Type: | 35mm B&W | | Duration: | 85' | | Production Year: | 1968 | | Screening Schedule | | TONIA MARKETAKI: | Friday, November 14, 2008 - 17:00 | | TONIA MARKETAKI: | Tuesday, November 18, 2008 - 11:00 | | Return |
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