The Story Of Koula

The Story of Koula, one of the Marshall Plan films, was made in Greece in 1951. It neatly exemplifies the capacity of Europe to ‘talk back’ to the USA within the framework of cultural aid programmes. And as such it can introduce a little‐explored topic: the politics of the avant‐garde in Greece in the post‐Civil War years and in particular the role of US cultural aid. This post‐war perspective throws light on the better‐known National School associated above all with Manolis Kalomiris, who dominated Greek music and musical life in the interwar period. The second part of this paper scrutinises the agenda and achievements of the Kalomiris circle, and that in turn enables useful generalisations about romantic nationalism in music. The third part of the paper reflects on the pre‐World War I achievements of Heptanesian traditions, again caught between singularities and dependencies. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2005.

• Vittorio GalloDirector

Release date

December 31, 1951

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

21m

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  I Be Done Been Was Is

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  Once Upon a Time in the West

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• Calling All Workers

  1941

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  Women in Defense

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• Deus Ex

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• Fighting the Fire Bomb

  1941

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  Oliver!

  1968

• Défense d'afficher

  1958

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  Shoppers Market

  1963

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  Cannot Exist

  1994