The Kalogeros

Duration: 12

Year Published: 1970

Creator: direction, Peter Haramis ; commentary by Katerina Kakouri Ph.D.

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Credits: Haramis, Peter C.; Kakourē, Katerina I.; Grozier, David.; University of California (System). Extension Media Center.

Description: A documentary film about the ritual dance held on the Greek Orthodox "Cheese Monday" 1967 in the Macedonian village of Aghia Heleni Serres. The ritual has an archetypal cast of characters including the High Priest, the Kalogeros ("Good old man") who wears a long hairy sack and phallic symbols on his belt and head, the King, the Prince, as well as comic characters. The Kalogeros leads a procession from house to house, the King and Prince offer wine, women throw seeds, villagers joke and play pranks, young men engage in a tug of war, and boys representing calves pull a plow, falling repeatedly to the ground to symbolize union with the earth. Finally the Kalogeros feigns death and is resurrected, representing the triumph of life and fertility over death.; Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CUY.; Co-writer and research consultant, Katerina Kakouri; narrator, David Grozier.; Photography and film editing, Peter Haramis.; Narrated by David Grozier.; PFA 1604-01-12644. D0004; PFA 1604-01-12643. D0004; PFA 1604-01-12644. COPY-SPECIFC DESCRIPTION: 1 reel of 1 (12 min.) (426 ft.) : opt sd., b&w ; 16 mm. print. CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: 2005/10/20 Mild vertical scratches. Very good to excellent condition. This print may be in worse condition than the other print (1608-01- 12643). CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: 2007/01/17 Same.; PFA 1604-01-12643. CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: 2005/10 /20 Mild vertical scratches. Very good to excellent condition. This print may be in better condition than the other print (1608-01-12644). CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: 2007/01/17 Same. CONDITION NOTE: Last inspected: 2010/10/ 27; Used condition; 1 splice; light scratches; slight warp; Eastman b/w pos (1969)

Metadata Source:BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE