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Eva (1953 film)

1953 film by Maria Plytas

Manuscripts, fine bindings, an engraving plate and preserved performance ephemera
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 17, 2025
Entity authorityQ3577294 ↗
Source-derived summary

Eva or Eve is a 1953 Greek drama film directed by Maria Plyta and starring Manos Katrakis, Dinos Iliopoulos and Nina Sgouridou.

Cast

Manos Katrakis as Alekos

Dinos Iliopoulos as Nasos

Nina Sgouridou as Eva

Aliki Georgouli as Anny

Alekos Alexandrakis as Antinoos

Fragoulis Fragoulis

Ilias Iakovou

Alekos Leventis

Takis Mihalopoulos

Eleni Panagiotopoulou

Thanos Papadopoulos

Dionysia Roi

Smaro Veaki

Nana Viopoulou

Dimitris Vlahopoulos

References

Bibliography

Vrasidas Karalis. A History of Greek Cinema. A&C Black, 2012.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Eva (1953 film)” as 1953 film by Maria Plytas. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1953, 2012—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1953-04-13. The account is most persuasive where film, Maria and Plytas can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the arts & letters register because the source frames it as 1953 film by Maria Plytas. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Object files, edition statements, performance records and contemporary criticism preserve different stages of the work’s history. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 17, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q3577294. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1953 and 2012.

Critical limits

Later fame can flatten the distinction between original context, subsequent adaptation and institutional collecting history. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Separate the work, its editions or performances, and its later reception. Catalogue records, publication histories and object files often preserve different parts of that story.

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  • Identifying works and editions
  • Tracing reception history
  • Finding collection records
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  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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This entry incorporates text from “Eva (1953 film)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.