Eleni (film)

Eleni
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Peter Yates
Produced by	Nicholas Gage Mark Pick Nick Vanoff Nigel Wooll (associate producer)
Written by	Nicholas Gage Steve Tesich
Starring	Kate Nelligan John Malkovich Linda Hunt
Music by	Bruce Smeaton
Cinematography	Billy Williams
Edited by	Ray Lovejoy
Production company	CBS Theatrical Films
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release dates	November 1, 1985
Running time	114 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$7 million
Box office	$305,102

Eleni is the 1985 film adaptation of the memoir Eleni by Greek-American journalist Nicholas Gage. Directed by Peter Yates with a screenplay by Steve Tesich, the film stars John Malkovich, Kate Nelligan, Linda Hunt and Glenne Headly.

Synopsis

The film is told in a flashback format with Gage, now living in the United States, returning to his native Greece to solve the mystery of his mother's death when he was a child. The film looks back to the effect of the 1940s Greek Civil War on the remote Greek village of his upbringing, and he investigates what happened to his mother after Communist guerrillas invade the village.

See also

• Red Terror
• Democratic Army of Greece
• OPLA

External links

• Eleni at IMDb
• Eleni at AllMovie
• Eleni at Box Office Mojo
• Eleni at Rotten Tomatoes