Films by Despina Grammatikopulu

Germany 2021, 90 min
by Despina Grammatikopulu, António Cascais, André Lemmer

While some dictators are known worldwide for their actions, many have kept under the radar. However, this does not mean that they have done less harm than their more famous comrades have. We take a journey to the past, to the forgotten dictatorships of Greece and Portugal. The crucial events that led to the chaotic rise and fall of Greek’s Regime of Colonels dictatorship are reconstructed, along with the dictatorship of Antonio de Oliveira Salazar in Portugal. The two dictatorships differ greatly, as Antonio Salazar’s ended peacefully. Why was this the case?

Germany 2014, 70 min
by Despina Grammatikopulu

My friends in Greece are my access to another, maybe a foreign world. Although I grew up and live in Germany they always gave me the feeling to be part of their world, to be home in Greece. But all the change in their lives through the economic crisis let our worlds move apart. I think I don’t quite understand them any longer. But if I don’t understand my friends, then l fear loosing connection to Greece. I met my friends last summer and talked with them about their lives in the crisis Greece is experiencing the last years. They explain and show a country that is falling apart. Emotionally and very intimate they draw a picture of a generation without any future left.

Germany 2010, 64 min
by Julia Tal

In 1933 Walter Christeller, cameraman at the UFA studios in Babelsberg, was forced to leave Berlin and start a new life in Palestine where he worked mainly for the Jewish National fund. 75 years later Walters granddaughter, student at Munich filmschool, searches for the legacy of his life and work in Israel. Walter Christeller was ot just an emigrant and pioneer of the Jewish State. He also pursued and documented the regional change with his camera at close range which enables the filmmaker to display a good piece of Israeli history. "Looking for Walter" is a story about the life of a german immigrant in Palestine, but also a very personal review of life in the Middle East today. DigiBeta | PAL | 16:9 | Hebrew/German/English version with German or English subtitles available Contact: Bethach Media Bogdan Buechner-Tomassini & Daniela Ljubinkovic GbR Kapuziner Str. 7 80337 Munich, Germany tel.: +49 (0) 179-6706680 dljubinkovic@aol.com Contact: Hochschule fuer Fernsehen und Film Muenchen Frankenthaler Str. 23 81539 Munich, Germany