''Euridice BA 2037'' ( el, Ευριδίκη ΒΑ 2037) is a 1975 Greek-West German co-production

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dramatic

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directed by

Nikos Nikolaidis Nikos Georgiou Nikolaidis ( el, Νίκος Γεωργίου Νικολαΐδης; 25 October 1939 – 5 September 2007) was a Greek film director, screenwriter, film producer, writer, theatre director, assistant director, record producer, televi ...

, his debut feature film.

Accolades

Despite a lukewarm reaction by viewers, critics appreciated the innovative perspective on the classic Greek tragedy of

Orpheus and Eurydice The ancient legend of Orpheus and Eurydice (, ''Orpheus, Eurydikē'') concerns the fateful love of Orpheus of Thrace for the beautiful Eurydice. Orpheus was the son of Apollo and the muse Calliope. It may be a late addition to the Orpheus myths ...

and noted the originality of Nikolaidis' artistic techniques. It is characteristic that Nikolaidis himself believed ''Euridice BA 2037'' to be his best film. André Z. Labarrére and Olivier Labarrére, authors of ''Atlas du cinéma'', wrote that the film was one of the "New

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" films that "radically transformed the panorama." For this film, Nikolaidis won the Best New Director Award, the Greek National Ministry of Culture Award, as well as the

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Film Critics Association Best Picture Award at the

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in September 1975, where Marie-Louise Bartholomew, who was involved in the production of the film, also won the Best Set Designer Award, and Andreas Andreadakis, who was involved in the editing of the film, also won the Best Editor Award.Schuster, Mel (1979). ''The Contemporary Greek Cinema''. Metuchen, New Jersey:

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Vera Tschechowa Vera Wilhelmowna Rust (born 22 July 1940), known as Vera Tschechowa, is a German producer, director, screenwriter, and retired actress, of Russian descent. She appeared in more than 50 films between 1957 and 1996. She was widely known as Elvis P ...

Eurydice Eurydice (; Ancient Greek: Εὐρυδίκη 'wide justice') was a character in Greek mythology and the Auloniad wife of Orpheus, who tried to bring her back from the dead with his enchanting music. Etymology Several meanings for the name ...

*John Moore as Man *Niki Triantafillidi as Woman *Manolis Logiadis

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