The Lost Treasure of Hoursit Pasha

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The Lost Treasure of Hoursit Pasha

Ο ΧΑΜΕΝΟΣ ΘΗΣΑΥΡΟΣ ΤΟΥ ΧΟΥΡΣΙΤ ΠΑΣΑ

1 hour 25 minutes – 1995 – Comedy, Adventure

Based on an actual event, the escape of 80 convicts from an Athens prison on January 29, 1993. The film follows the journey of 11 of the escaped prisoners towards freedom. After obtaining a map purported to indicate the buried treasure of a Turkish 19^th Century General, Hoursit Pasha, the escapees cross the Peloponnese. All the while arguing, fighting and eventually part ways.

CAST

Makis Kontizas
Argyris Bakirtzis
Charis Mihalogiannakis
Takis Moschos
Michalis Giannatos
Valentina Papadimitraki
Mitsos Karamitzos
Katerina Tsioli
Petros Kalogeropoulos

CREDITS

DIRECTOR: Stavros Tsiolis
SCREENPLAY: Stavros Tsiolis,
Christos Vakalopoulos, Yorgos Tziotzios
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Vassilis Kapsouros
EDITING: Costas Iordanidis
SOUND: Marinos Athanassopoulos,
Costas Varipompiotis

AWARDS

REVIEWS

A light, full of life, warm and lively film, so “small” and so unexpected that, in the landscape
full of heavy images of Greek cinema, it looks like an oasis in the middle of a vast desert. And
if her water is scarce, it is at the same time so necessary for us…

Christos Mitsis – ETHNOS

STAVROS TSIOLIS

He was born in Arcadia in 1937 and died in Athens in 2019. In the 1950s, he studied film and began working as an assistant director in major studios. He participated in dozens of commercial films, and from the late 1960s, he started directing films for major studio “Finos Films”. After achieving significant box office success, he left cinema in 1973, only to return in 1985, creating 10 feature films until his death. These films were characterized by his personal minimalist style, subtle humor, and a quest to discover the “real Greece” hidden in the countryside, small villages, humble people, folk music, local myths and legends and authentic human relationships. His works gained recognition in contemporary Greek popular culture, with some of their lines becoming part of everyday Greek language. Beyond cinema, he also wrote plays and folk songs. Photo Credits: Finos Films

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