ADDIO BERLIN

 
Sarcasm, talent, personality, minimalism.     
                                                    D. Danikas, TA NEA, Athens
Among the best films I saw in Thessaloniki Film Festival
                                               Sandor K. Korospetaki, Fipresci
Athanitis made an auspicious debut
                                             Dave Bowman,Athens News

Addio Berlin is a cult film in Greek cinematography. Trully indepedent and the first ever cinephile Greek movie, brought a sharp "innovating view in Greek cinema" as the Jury of Thessaloniki Film Festival explained by giving Athanitis the Jury's Prize.

awards
Jury’s Award Thessaloniki IFF
Greek Critics Mention
Ministry of Culture Distinction

synopsis
Alex, a Greek film director in Berlin, tries to shoot his first film, entitled "Addio Berlin". He is completely disappointed as his script is rejected when a mysterious Greek producer appears offering to finance the project. Alex arrives to Athens to meet him and finds himself involved in a strange situation.

director's comment
Addio Berlin is a film on cinema, on film making but also a film on Athens, on father-son relationship. It is an absolutely cinephile film, with numerous references and a great sarcasm for all these. It is not by chance that I kept for myself the part of the killer of the director Alex, the hero of the film.

credits
Director / Writer / Producer.............................................................Dimitri Athanitis
Production...............................................................................................DNA Films
Supported by...............................................................................Greek Film Center
Distribution, Greece.................................................................................Ama Fims
Cinematography..................................................................Panos Theofanopoulos
Art direction...........................................................................Assi Dimitroulopoulou
Costumes...............................................Assi Dimitroulopoulou, Evgenia Minakouli
Editing.................................................................................................Stathis Plotas
Sound design...........................................................Dimitri Athanitis, Stathis Plotas

Cast
Panagiotis Thanasoulis (Alex)
Eva Stylander (Leny Caven)
Zaharenia Athitaki (waitress)
Tasos Blatzios (agent),
Ingrid Frankadoni (Rochlitch)
Andreas Marianos (producer’s assistant)
Tarek El Madi (hotel boy)
Nikos Triantafyllidis (killer A)
Dimitri Athanitis (killer B)
Giorgos Kagialedakis (Max)
Aggelos Theodoropoulos (Max’s voice)
Didi (poet)
Giorgos Bilikas (double)
Grigoris Vafias (father)
Thodoris Trifonas (fast food man)
Irene Moutz (Rochlitch’s nephew)
Daphni (baby) 
R.Poulakaki
M.Dede
M.Mihalopoulou
E. Sklika (elevator girls)
Assi Dimitroulopoulou (woman on the bridge)