The read
It runs a compact 1h 26m.
Synopsis
Following the end of the liberation struggle against British Colonial Rule in Cyprus, an EOKA rebel fighter travels to London to exact revenge on the collaborator who betrayed him and applied water torture. The film contains the first ever scenes of water-boarding showing the rebel being tortured supervised by a British intelligence officer. A dramatic search through the streets of London follows, culminating in a tense life or death confrontation. The film became a cause-célèbre in England, was critically acclaimed and discussed in the Houses of Parliament.
Ratings
TMDB10/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Michael PapasDirector
- Michael PapasWriter
Cast
- Dimitri AndreasMinos Elias
- George KafkarisTassos Phantis
- Tamara HinchcoGirl
- Cristos DemetriouKypros
- Charlotte SelwynWaitress
- Seraphim NicolaRebel
- John BroganInterrogator
- Nana GeorgiouTassos' Girlfriend
- Takis TheophanousCafé Singer
- Joanna FarberGirl in Dream
- Philip HaralambousFirst Rebel
- Haraklia KleanthousOld Woman
Themes
civil warcyprus