Au nom d'Athènes

3/21/2023

I quite enjoyed this French-German collaboration, about the history of the main defining battles, and strategies, of the Greco-Persian War, that made ancient Greece great, the original creator of Western democracy and civilization (the origin, of the English word "democracy", comes from ancient Greece, and the Greek language, not from Rome, or later European powers). In this excellent production, we see Athenian Greeks, and other Greeks, speaking to each other in Greek, and Persian leaders speaking to each other in Persian. And I loved the graphical techniques depicting the naval battle of Salamis, as well. Plus, the music was excellent Greek and Near Eastern, as well. And, the acting was good, too. I liked everything about this production, depicting great figures of history, such as Xerx