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Golfo
Theatrical Poster
Directed byKonstadinos Bahatoris
Written bySpyros Peresiadis
Based onGolfo
Produced byKonstadinos Bahatoris
Nikolaos Koukoulas
StarringVirginia Diamadi
Olympia Damaskou
Dionysios Venieris
Georgios Ploutis
CinematographyNikolaos Koukoulas
Filippo Martelli
Release date
  • 22 January 1915 (1915-01-22)
Running time
5 reels
1h 10min minutes
CountryGreece
Languages
Budget100,000 Drachmas[1]

Golfo (Greek: Γκόλφω) is a 1915 Greek silent film directed by Konstadinos Bahatoris. It is the first Greek feature film and fustanella film. The fustanella is a pleated skirt-like garment that is also referred to as a kilt. The traditional Greek garment is still worn by the Presidential Guard of Greece. Another fustanella film is Astero (1929). Golfo was based on a popular Greek agricultural-themed play written by Spyridon Peresiadis. Golfo is a tragedy resembling William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.[2] It was the forerunner for agricultural-themed films in Greek cinema during the 1920s and 1930s inspiring films featuring sheep herders such as Astero (1929) and Daphnis and Chloe. The first synchronized sound film (talkie) in Greece was another fustanella shepherd romance inspired by Golfo released in 1932 entitled Sweetheart of a Shepherdess (Ο Αγαπητικός της βοσκοπούλας).[3]

The original five-act play entitled Golfo first premiered theatrically in 1893 by an amateur theatre troupe in Akrata under the supervision of Spyros Peresiadis regrettably, he was blind. The play made its first appearance at the Athens Paradisos theater on 10 August 1894 by the theatre troupe Proodos. Over a decade later the play premiered in Thessaloniki on 26 January 1913 and Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos attended the event. The play became extremely popular across the entire nation and eventually was adapted for cinema around 1914. The premiere was on 22 January 1915 at the Pantheon Cinema in Omonia Square at 73 Panepistimiou. The critiques gave a favorable review but also pointed out several technical errors. The film was remade in 1955 with modern sound technology by Orestis Laskos and produced by Finos Film. Afterward, there have been countless theatrical reenactments of the play and more films were produced featuring the story of Golfo. Regrettably, the original film did not survive.[1][4]

Plot

Loving Shepards

The scene of the story takes place on Mount Helmos, Kalavryta. The same place where Astero was filmed. Astero is also a character in the story. Golfo is a poor but very beautiful orphan and serves a shepherd named Zisi. The story begins with a childhood romance between Golfo and a young sheep herder named Tasos. They exchange eternal vows from a young age and their love is very powerful. Formidable forces work against their eternal love. A wealthy aristocrat named Kitsos desires Golfo but she refuses his wedding proposals and stays faithful to her everlasting love. Tasos and Golfo become engaged and are about to get married. Kitsos and his family work hard to break up Golfo and Tasos. Kitsos convinces his cousin Stavroula to sever the bond between Tasos and Golfo. Initially, Tasos refuses Stavroula's proposals but she seduces him and also offers him a massive dowery. Meanwhile, he is also convinced that Golfo wants to marry Kitsos. Enraged he calls of the engagement with Golfo. He banishes her and she becomes delirious but attends the wedding and gives Tasos her blessing. Tasos overwhelmed with grief and his everlasting love for Golfo calls off the wedding and seeks out his true love. Regrettably, he finds her dead, she poisoned herself. Tasos seeing her laying dead takes his own life in a Romeo and Juliet style Shakespearean ending.[1][5]

Cast

  • Virginia Diamadi as Golfo
  • Dionysios Venieris
  • Olympia Damaskou as Stavroula
  • Georgios Ploutis as Tasos
  • Hrysanthi Kondopoulou-Hatzihristou
  • Pantelis Lazaridis
  • Theodoros Litos
  • Ahilleas Madras
  • Th. Petsos
  • Thanos Zahos

References

  1. ^ a b c Ciaterli 2019.
  2. ^ Grant 2007, pp. 351.
  3. ^ Kuhn & Westwell 2020, pp. 299.
  4. ^ Staff Writers (22 January 2022). "Γκόλφω: Η Πρώτη Ελληνική Ταινία Μεγάλου Μήκους" [Golfo: The first Greek Feature Film] (in Greek). Athens, Greece: Parapolitika Argolida. Archived from the original on 17 May 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  5. ^ Peresiades 1907, pp. 1–120.

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