Movie Details
Original Language:Greek (Modern)
Production Companies:Exile Films
The Last Partisan
1 hr 14 minHistory,
Documentary
Plot
An integral part of Greek folklore Manolis Glezos is best known as the man who tore the swastika flag from the Acropolis during the Nazi invasion in 1941 Since then he has lived a mercurial existence often caught between moments of glory and controversy as he continued to battle for his ideals With the country kneedeep in a crushing financial crisis Glezos is back in the limelight elected as the oldest member of the European Parliament in 2014 at the age of 92 Yet he wont even discuss the flag incident refusing to be pigeonholed as a onehitwonder Scolding lecturing and joking along the way he develops a tugofwar relationship with the filmmakers as they uncover the man behind the myth
