Kyrillos & Methodios – Enlighteners of the Slavs

Κύριλλος και Μεθόδιος - Οι Φωτιστές των Σλάβων

27th TIDF: World Premiere
1942, In Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia, a group of resistance fighters seeks sanctuary in an Orthodox church. They have just assassinated Reinhard Heydrich, the “Butcher of Prague”. Τhey are arrested and executed. But how did an Orthodox church come to stand at the heart of Europe, in the first place? The answer lies twelve centuries earlier, in the story of two brothers from Thessaloniki, Cyril and Methodius, and their disciples, who brought Christianity to the Slavs and created the Cyrillic alphabet. Their influence spread over many nations, contributing decisively to the course of European history.
Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.
Available at the Agora Market TIDF27.
Direction: Maria Hatzimichali-Papaliou
Script: Maria Hatzimichali-Papaliou
Cinematography: Yannis Daskalothanasis GSC, Vassilis Klotsotiras GSC, Vangelis Koulinos
Editing: Yannis Tsitsopoulos
Sound: Aris Kafentzis
Music: Marios Aristopoulos
Producers: Maria Hatzimichali-Papaliou
Co-production: With the Suppor of: Hellenic Film and Audiovisual Center - Creative Greece
Narration: Yorgos Frintzilas
Format: DCP
Color: Color
Production Country: Greece
Production Year: 2024
Duration: 76'
Contact: Maria Hatzimichali-Papaliou (papalioupositive@gmail.com)

Maria Hatzimichali-Papaliou

Filmography

1976-1977 The Struggle of the Blind
1976-1979 Film Archives of Greek Social and Political Life
1985 Lily Iakovidou
1986 The Other Myth
1995 You are not alone
2004–2005 Lesvos (short)
2008–2009 Konstantinos Karamanlis – Great Greeks
2018 Philothei, the Athenian Saint
2024 Kyrillos & Methodios – Enlighteners of the Slavs