The Man with the Carnation

The Man with the Carnation (Greek: Ο άνθρωπος με το γαρύφαλλο, translit. O anthropos me to garyfallo) is a 1980 Greek drama film written and directed by Nikos Tzimas, dealing with the arrest, trial and execution of the Greek Communist Nikos Belogiannis and his associates in 1951–1952. It was entered into the 12th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Special Diploma.^[1] The film was also selected as the Greek entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 54th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.^[2]

The Man with the Carnation
Directed by	Nikos Tzimas
Written by	Nikos Tzimas
Starring	Foivos Gikopoulos
Cinematography	Nikos Kavoukidis
Release date	23 November 1980 (1980-11-23)
Running time	125 minutes
Country	Greece
Language	Greek

Cast

• Alekos Alexandrakis as Minister Georgios Kartalis
• Angelos Antonopoulos as Tom
• Kostas Kazakos
• Vangelis Kazan as Major Georgios Papadopoulos, member of the court martial and future dictator
• Petros Fyssoun
• Manos Katrakis as Prime Minister Nikolaos Plastiras
• Foivos Gikopoulos as Nikos Belogiannis
• Costas Arzoglou
• Anestis Vlahos as Apostolos

See also

• List of submissions to the 54th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Greek submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film