Apartment in Athens

Apartment in Athens (Italian: Appartamento ad Atene) is a 2011 Italian war drama film produced, co-written and directed by Ruggero Dipaola [it], in his feature film debut. It is an adaptation of the 1945 novel of the same name by Glenway Wescott.

Apartment in Athens
Directed by	Ruggero Dipaola [it]
Screenplay by	Heidrun Schleef Luca De Benedittis Ruggero Dipaola
Produced by	Ruggero Dipaola
Starring	Richard Sammel Gerasimos Skiadaresīs Laura Morante
Cinematography	Vladan Radovic
Edited by	Roberto Missiroli
Music by	Enzo Pietropaoli
Release date	2011 (2011)
Language	Italian

Plot

Cast

• Richard Sammel as Captain Kalter
• Gerasimos Skiadaresīs as Nicolas Heliamos
• Laura Morante as Zoe Helianos
• Alba De Torrebruna as Leda
• Vincenzo Crea as Alex
• Peter Boom as Major Von Roesch

Reception

Variety's film critic Dennis Harvey described the film as "a decent, well-acted drama that ably holds attention yet misses the chance to become something truly memorable".^[1]

The film won the awards for best feature, best actor (Gerasimos Skiadaresis), best screenplay and best cinematography at the 13th Newport Beach Film Festival, and the world cinema section awards for best picture and best director at the 12th Phoenix Film Festival.^[2][3] It was nominated for David di Donatello for best costumes (Alessandro Lai), and for Nastro d'Argento for best actress (Laura Morante).^[4][5]