Lefteris Eliakis

Lefteris Eliakis

1924-12-01
92 (2017-06-19)
Chania, Crete, Greece

Lefteris fought during the Greek Resistance against the Nazis, he was a guirilla fighter with the Democratic Army of Greece during the Civil War, while he was an active member of the Greek Communist Party. He server as a political prisoner for almomst two decades and became an important author for the period of the Greek Civil War (1946-1949).

Chania, Crete, Greece

Lefteris fought during the Greek Resistance against the Nazis, he was a guirilla fighter with the Democratic Army of Greece during the Civil War, while he was an active member of the Greek Communist Party. He server as a political prisoner for almomst two decades and became an important author for the period of the Greek Civil War (1946-1949).

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White Mountains 2024 (10)

The filmmaker, Alexandros Papathanasiou, travels to Crete to meet Lefteris Eliakis, a guerrilla fighter during the Greek Civil War and a political prisoner for two decades. This insightful portrait conjures the ghosts of the Greek Civil War – the maverick people, revolutionary politics, and breathtaking events that have shaped today’s Greece.