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Smyrna: The Destruction of a Cosmopolitan City - 1900-1922
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- Summary: Through unknown photographic archives and film footage, director Maria Iliou and historical consultant Alexander Kitroeff reveal the fascinating story of the city of Smyrna and its eventual destruction.
- Director: Maria Ilio
- Genre(s): Documentary
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70Its highly informative recounting of this little-known tragic tale provides a vivid reminder of the ephemerality of civilizations.
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60A sobering study in how individual human beings can become afterthoughts in the face of broad movements like nationalism, a phenomenon that is still much in evidence almost a century later.
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20Filmmaker Maria Ilioú's uninspired flake of talking-head Wikipedia cinema focuses on the forgotten Anatolian port city's post-World War I years.
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