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Seven minutes of soul is a sports documentary that follows Panos Vlahos's journey to investigate the conditions under which the first modern olympic games in Athens (1896) took place and debunk the myth of the very first marathon winner in history. In the first olympic marathon race in history, in the 1896 Athens Olympics, a young water carrier by the name Spyros Louis was the first runner to cross the finish line after having run another marathon 5 days prior to the race. . Actor Panos Vlahos sets out to reenact his achievement in order to shed light to this unprecedented achievement . After a series of medical and physical tests, interviews and unseen footage, Panos discovers extraordinary findings, historic documents and testimonies that shed new light on the sport and reveals what actually happened.

  • Year
    2020
  • Runtime
    75 minutes
  • Language
    Greek
  • Country
    Greece
  • Premiere
    US Premiere
  • Director
    Panos Vlahos
  • Screenwriter
    Panos Vlahos
  • Producer
    Alexis Kaplanis, Panos Manolitsis, Panos Vlahos
  • Cast
    Panos Vlahos
  • Cinematographer
    Panos Manolitsis, Dimitris Maniatis
  • Editor
    Giorgos Maris
  • Production Design
    Alexis Kaplanis
  • Music
    Kostas Christides