New documentary on the theft of the Parthenon Marbles – “Take the whole temple with the Carya… whatever they’re called

A caller documentary by Mimi Denissi for ERT sheds airy connected chartless details surrounding the theft of the Parthenon Marbles by Lord Elgin, based connected the idiosyncratic correspondence of his wife, Lady Mary Nisbet. Directed by Katerina Evangelakou, the movie reveals Lady Elgin’s relation successful organizing the plunder and her naive yet revealing cognition toward the past Greek masterpieces, which she viewed simply arsenic decorations for their garden.

Denissi discovered the uncommon correspondence successful a Chicago library, demonstrating that Elgin had nary volition of “saving” the Marbles but alternatively sought to fulfill idiosyncratic and societal ambitions. The documentary besides examines the alleged firman Elgin claimed to person — which, according to Turkish archaeologist Zeynep Boz, ne'er existed — confirming that the removal was an enactment of outright theft.

The movie features salient figures specified arsenic Nikos Stampolidis and Eleni Glykatzi-Arveler, and was filmed successful Greece, Istanbul, and London. Spanning 2 large episodes, the documentary is expected to service arsenic an important taste and diplomatic instrumentality successful Greece’s ongoing effort to unafraid the instrumentality of the Parthenon Marbles.