Apaches of Athens (1921/1930), the first film adaptation based on the three – act operetta: gender identities and class inequalities in Interwar Athens

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Unit:
Κατεύθυνση Πολιτισμικές και Κινηματογραφικές Σπουδές
Library of the Faculties of Political Science and Public Administration, Communication and Mass Media Studies, Turkish and Modern Asian Studies, Sociology
Deposit date:
2019-05-07
Year:
2019
Author:
Bartzoka Aikaterini
Supervisors info:
Μαρία Κομνηνού, Ομότιμη Καθηγήτρια, Τμήμα Επικοινωνίας & Μ.Μ.Ε., ΕΚΠΑ
Original Title:
Απάχηδες των Αθηνών (1921 /1930), η πρώτη κινηματογραφική μεταφορά βασισμένη στην τρίπρακτη οπερέτα: έμφυλες ταυτότητες και ταξικές ανισότητες στην Αθήνα του Μεσοπολέμου
Languages:
Greek
Translated title:
Apaches of Athens (1921/1930), the first film adaptation based on the three – act operetta: gender identities and class inequalities in Interwar Athens
Summary:
The present thesis constitutes an attempt to a concurrent passage through the musical- theatrical work Apaches of Athens and its first film adaptation through the prism of the critical social contradictions interweaving with gender dichotomies on the socio-political canvas of Interwar Greece and particularly within the context of the Athenian society.
Starting point of our travelogue in Athens of the Interwar era is the noted operetta (1921) by Nikos Hadjiapostolou and Yannis Prineas. An attempted infiltration into the universe of light musical theatre, emphasizing the acquaintance of the Greek audience with the European operetta repertoire and the domestic operetta production, is succeeded by the acquaintance with the newly introduced art of the cinema and the first cinematographic undertakings within the Greek territory. Gaziades brothers and “Dag Film” Company launch the era of organized domestic film production and their film adaptation of the operetta Apaches of Athens (1930) is promoted by the press of the time as “the first sound and lip-synchronous singing movie”. Meanwhile, the transition from silent to sound and talking cinema actualizes a significant breakthrough with an international impact and introduces new requirements within the field of the film industry.
By a concurrent creative reading of the film and the musical-theatrical script under the light of class and gender parameters, typical portraits of the Athenian interwar society stand out, while their respective behavior and life choices are being decoded. Sources from the pertinent historiography and its junction points with feminist theory and criticism, reinforce every attempted approach of the city, its various aspects and everyday life of its people, while determining the creative passage in its entirety gradually.
Main subject category:
Social, Political and Economic sciences
Keywords:
Operetta, Nikos Hadjiapostolou, Early Greek Cinema, Gaziades brothers and “Dag Film” Company, Silent and sound/talking cinema, Social stratification in Interwar Athens, Feminism of the Interwar era
Index:
No
Number of index pages:
0
Contains images:
Yes
Number of references:
86
Number of pages:
181
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