The 11th Day: Crete 1941 (2005)

Original title

The 11th Day

Directed by

Christos Epperson

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 12m

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary tells the story of the Battle of Crete in 1941 using interviews with people who were there. Survivors including a British spy and local resistance fighters describe what happened during the invasion and occupation.

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What happens

The 11th Day: Crete 1941 is a 2005 documentary film featuring eyewitness accounts from survivors of the Battle of Crete during World War II. The film was created by producer-director Christos Epperson and writer-producer Michael Epperson, and funded by Alex Spanos. Among the eyewitnesses interviewed are British SOE operative and famous travel writer Patrick Leigh Fermor, along with George Doundoulakis, and Cretan Resistance hero George Tzitzikas. The film also includes historical commentary and analysis by Chase Brandon of the CIA and Professor Andre Gerolymatos of Simon Fraser University. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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