![]() ![]() ![]() In 1921, he published a series of articles criticizing the new government's conduct of the war in Asia Minor, recommending the stabilization and fortification of the then-held lines instead of an advance into the interior of Turkey. Following the Venizelist defeat in the November 1920 elections, he resigned his commission. Returning to Asia, he led his division to new positions around Bursa, and commanded a series of raids against Turkish territory. After overcoming Turkish resistance at Lule Burgas, Babaeski and Çorlu and capturing the local Turkish commander, Cafer Tayyar, his units reached Adrianople. From there he and his division were recalled to be used in a landing operation in support of the occupation of Eastern Thrace: Mazarakis commanded the landings of troops ferried from Asia at Ereğli and Rodosto, and thence advanced north. In 1920 he was promoted to major general, and led his division to the capture of Balıkesir and in the advance towards Bursa during the Greek summer offensive. He returned to Greece in July 1919, and assumed command of the Smyrna Division in Asia Minor. He then accompanied Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos as a military expert to the Paris Peace Conference, and prepared ethnological and military studies to support the Greek claims. Promoted to lieutenant colonel and full colonel, he served in various General Staff departments during World War I. In September 1916, he joined the Venizelist Movement of National Defence in Thessaloniki. In 1914, he was promoted to major and became chief of staff of the 5th Infantry Division at Drama. In the Balkan Wars he served as a staff officer in the 7th Infantry Division. Balkan Wars and World War I Īfter returning from Macedonia, he came first in a contest for further studies in the École Supérieure de Guerre in France. Mazarakis-Ainian (left) with other Greek officials at the garden of the Greek Consulate-General in Thessaloniki, during the Macedonian Struggle. He served there for three and a half years, until the end of the Struggle in 1908. In 1905, during the Greek Struggle for Macedonia against the Bulgarian-sponsored Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO), he was attached to the Greek Consulate-General in Thessaloniki under the cover name Ioannidis. He participated in the Greco-Turkish War of 1897 commanding an artillery battery, and served for three years in the newly founded Geographical Service. He entered the Hellenic Army Academy in 1890 and was commissioned a second lieutenant of Artillery on 30 June 1895. Life Early life and career Īlexandros Mazarakis-Ainian was born in Athens in about 1874. He served thrice as Chief of the Hellenic Army General Staff, occupied various important ministerial positions and became president of the Academy of Athens. 1874–1943) was a Hellenic Army officer who rose to the rank of lieutenant general. Provisional Government of National DefenceĬommemorative Medal of the Macedonian StruggleĪlexandros Mazarakis-Ainian ( Greek: Αλέξανδρος Μαζαράκης-Αινιάν, c.Cast: Aris Balis, Eleni Boukli, Pygmalion Dadakaridis, Haris Fragoulis, Ektoras Lygizos, Alexandros Mylonas and more. With English surtitles / With Greek surtitles on opening night for persons with hearing impairment.Īs part of the Athens & Epidaurus Festival 2022.ĭirected by Yannis Houvardas. Second assistants to the director: Nefeli Vlachopanagioti, Magda KafkoulaĬast: Aris Balis, Eleni Boukli, Pygmalion Dadakaridis, Haris Fragoulis, Ektoras Lygizos, Alexandros Mylonas, Antonis Myriagos, Dimitris Papanikolaou, Dimitris Passas, Dimitris Piatas, Alkistis Poulopoulou, Giannis Vogiatzis The present performance, a spectacular mixture of theatre and cinema, with brilliant actors representing all generations of the Greek theatre, will exude an aura of matter struggling to become spirit, such stuff as dreams are made on.Ĭonceived, adapted, and directed by Yannis HouvardasĬollaboration in stage adaptation: Eri KyrgiaĪssistants to the director: Aspasia-Maria Alexiou, Iliana Kaladami The characters will all be recognizable, legendary stars of Hollywood films. Prospero’s world, his “magical island”, will be reimagined as a large, old Hollywood studio. The poetic, original text is now set in a mythical yet familiar environment, drawing on two swan songs: the English dramatist’s last play and Welles’ final, unfinished movie The Other Side of the Wind. Shakespeare’s The Tempest meets the Golden Age of Hollywood and the brilliant, rebellious artist known as Orson Welles in this new work by director Yannis Houvardas. An imaginary encounter between Orson Welles and William Shakespeare’s world. ![]()
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