The Unknown Athenians
The documentary follows, during six exhausting years of austerity (2014-2020), the daily routine of stray dogs struggling to survive in the center of Athens and the people who take care of them. A hidden world emerges from the routes of the unknown Athenians and unveils the unexpected face and the heart of Athens, a crisis-ridden city in constant change.
Cast
- Pensioner
- Achileas Adam
- homeless
- Spyros Aspiotis
- Bar Owner
- Katerina Kastanara
- pharmacist
- Pavlos Giannopoulos
The Unknown Athenians
Angeliki Antoniou
- Documentary
- Production Country / Year
- Germany, Greece 2020
- Language
- el. OF m. dt. UT
- Format
- DCP, Color, 76min
1.78:1 (16:9), Discrete 5.1
- Original Title
- Oi Agnostoi Athinaioi
Director & Crew
Angeliki Antoniou
Born in Athens. Studied Architecture at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Student at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin. Active as director, screenwriter and producer.
Filmography
| 1987 | Persephone | Kurzfilm | |
| 1989 | Gefangene des Meeres | Dokumentarfim | 1990 |
| 1992 | Donusa | Spielfilm | 1992 |
| 1996 | Tänze der Nacht | Dokumentarfilm | |
| 1997 | Verspielte Nächte | Spielfilm | 1997 |
| 1999 | Heimlicher Tanz | TV-Film | |
| 2000 | Allein unter Männern | TV-Film | |
| 2001 | Messerscharf | TV-Film | |
| 2006 | Eduart | Spielfilm | |
| 2020 | Green Sea | Spielfilm | 2020 |
| The Unknown Athenians | Dokumentarfilm | 2021 |
“I always wondered how stray dogs survive in the center of such a big, chaotic city like Athens. That is something unique compared to other European cities.
By following them, I discovered their secret saviors and benefactors who spend time and money to take care of them. This unique, symbiotic relationship sparked my interest.
Through the dogs’ and the people’s stories, the film sketches a touching portrait of the stray dogs of Athens living in the city streets and, at the same time, becomes a love letter to the capital of Greece, the place where I was born, grew up, and spent my youth.”
- Writer
- Angeliki Antoniou
- Director of Photography
- Angeliki Antoniou
- Editor
- Hronis Theoharis
- Sound
- Kostas Fylaktidis
- Music Composer
- Searfeim Giannakopoulos
- Producer
- Angeliki Antoniou
