The Student | 16th LAGFF 2022

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In November 1973, a three-day demonstration against the Greek dictatorship ended when the military broke down the gate of the Polytechnic University of Athens. “The Student” follows the crew of the armored tank that broke into the University, ending the uprising against the regime.

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Year
2020
Runtime
9 minutes
Language
Greek
Country
Greece
Premiere
US

Director
Vasileios Kalamakis
Screenwriter
Vasileios Kalamakis
Producer
Vasileios Kalamakis, Thanos Tsavlis
Cast
Yorgos Pyrpassopoulos, Yorgos Makris, Dimitris Kapetanakos, Stratis Dalagiorgos

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The Student

The short film 'The Student' refers to the armored tank that broke into the Polytechnic University of Athens on November of 1973. the story is a fiction and it is inspired by the true events that shook Greece and Europe because of the bloodshed took place during the 4 days of the Polytechnic seizure by the students.