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Socrates ( /ˈsɒkrətiːz/; Greek: Σωκράτης, Ancient Greek pronunciation: [sɔːkrátɛːs], Sōkrátēs; c. 469 BC – 399 BC) was a classical Greek Athenian philosopher. Credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, he is an enigmatic figure known chiefly through the accounts of later classical writers, especially the writings of his students Plato and Xenophon, and the plays of his contemporary Aristophanes. Many would claim that Plato's dialogues are the most comprehensive accounts of Socrates to survive from antiquity.
Through his portrayal in Plato's dialogues, Socrates has become renowned for his contribution to the field of ethics, and it is this Platonic Socrates who also lends his name to the concepts of Socratic irony and the Socratic method, or elenchus. The latter remains a commonly used tool in a wide range of discussions, and is a type of pedagogy in which a series of questions are asked not only to draw individual answers, but also to encourage fundamental insight into the issue at hand. It is Plato's Socrates that also made important and lasting contributions to the fields of epistemology and logic, and the influence of his ideas and approach remains strong in providing a foundation for much western philosophy that followed.
Actors: Seth Klaudt (writer), Alejandro Etcheagaray (writer), Alejandro Etcheagaray (director), Alejandro Etcheagaray (producer), Roberto Trujillo (actor), Raul Ponce Trejo (producer), Adrian Aispuro (editor), Graciela Gomez (actor), Jorge Ivan Mascareño (actor), Ricardo Torres (producer), Luis Daniel Bojorquez (actor),
Plot: The Hemlock narrates the event of the last moments in the life of a Socrates, an insecure barber who succumbs to the tragic memories of his past, full of success, glamor and doom, the latter caused by the shadows of his abusive brother and strict mother.
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Lucinda Rhodes-Flaherty (actress), Robert Ashby (actor), Scott Christie (actor), Peter Williams (editor), Elom Bell (writer), Elom Bell (producer), Elom Bell (director), Elom Bell (producer), Pete Jones (composer), Lee Phillips (producer), Asta Musvicaite (producer), Toby Coughlan (producer), Benjamin Warren (actor),
Plot: Mildy influenced by The Divine Comedy, the story replaces Virgil with Socrates and Dante with a Librarian. We open in a large field where Socrates is pacing up and down deploring the heavens. He is the caretaker of Hell and has been for 2400 years. He is waiting for a man of pure soul to fall from the sky. His hope is that he can train this man to take on his role and he can ascend to heaven for 'spas and baths and young boys rubbing down my...soul'. A librarian falls out of the sky and as Socrates shows him around one of the first levels of Hell. Socrates must trick this man into accepting the job. This story tells the beginnings of that journey.
Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Short,Actors: Wilson Stiner (writer), Wilson Stiner (producer), Wilson Stiner (director), Xander Berkeley (actor), Wilson Stiner (editor), Bill Flynn (actor), Natasa Prosenc Stearns (director), Natasa Prosenc Stearns (producer), Natasa Prosenc Stearns (writer), Tom Druilhet (actor), Junya Sakino (actor), Ray Abruzzo (actor), Zain Effendi (composer), Lawton Paseka (actor), Dario Varga (actor),
Plot: This is the story of the first martyr of free speech. Socrates is on trial for his life. He will be put to death and he knows it. 2500 years later we remember his words. The Death of Socrates was filmed in 10 countries by 23 filmmakers in 7 languages. One character - Socrates, changes from one scene to another from man to woman, young to old, human to animal, but delivering a monologue, broken into 23 chapters. Truth is not found in one person, in one place.
Keywords: athens-greece, free-speech, justice, philosophy, socratesActors: Wilson Stiner (writer), Wilson Stiner (producer), Wilson Stiner (director), Xander Berkeley (actor), Wilson Stiner (editor), Bill Flynn (actor), Natasa Prosenc Stearns (director), Natasa Prosenc Stearns (producer), Natasa Prosenc Stearns (writer), Tom Druilhet (actor), Junya Sakino (actor), Ray Abruzzo (actor), Zain Effendi (composer), Lawton Paseka (actor), Dario Varga (actor),
Plot: This is the story of the first martyr of free speech. Socrates is on trial for his life. He will be put to death and he knows it. 2500 years later we remember his words. The Death of Socrates was filmed in 10 countries by 23 filmmakers in 7 languages. One character - Socrates, changes from one scene to another from man to woman, young to old, human to animal, but delivering a monologue, broken into 23 chapters. Truth is not found in one person, in one place.
Keywords: athens-greece, free-speech, justice, philosophy, socratesActors: Wilson Stiner (writer), Wilson Stiner (producer), Wilson Stiner (director), Xander Berkeley (actor), Wilson Stiner (editor), Bill Flynn (actor), Natasa Prosenc Stearns (director), Natasa Prosenc Stearns (producer), Natasa Prosenc Stearns (writer), Tom Druilhet (actor), Junya Sakino (actor), Ray Abruzzo (actor), Zain Effendi (composer), Lawton Paseka (actor), Dario Varga (actor),
Plot: This is the story of the first martyr of free speech. Socrates is on trial for his life. He will be put to death and he knows it. 2500 years later we remember his words. The Death of Socrates was filmed in 10 countries by 23 filmmakers in 7 languages. One character - Socrates, changes from one scene to another from man to woman, young to old, human to animal, but delivering a monologue, broken into 23 chapters. Truth is not found in one person, in one place.
Keywords: athens-greece, free-speech, justice, philosophy, socratesActors: Wilson Stiner (writer), Wilson Stiner (producer), Wilson Stiner (director), Xander Berkeley (actor), Wilson Stiner (editor), Bill Flynn (actor), Natasa Prosenc Stearns (director), Natasa Prosenc Stearns (producer), Natasa Prosenc Stearns (writer), Tom Druilhet (actor), Junya Sakino (actor), Ray Abruzzo (actor), Zain Effendi (composer), Lawton Paseka (actor), Dario Varga (actor),
Plot: This is the story of the first martyr of free speech. Socrates is on trial for his life. He will be put to death and he knows it. 2500 years later we remember his words. The Death of Socrates was filmed in 10 countries by 23 filmmakers in 7 languages. One character - Socrates, changes from one scene to another from man to woman, young to old, human to animal, but delivering a monologue, broken into 23 chapters. Truth is not found in one person, in one place.
Keywords: athens-greece, free-speech, justice, philosophy, socratesActors: Carlo Trevisan (actor), Carlo Trevisan (director), Rita Rusciano (actress), Giuseppe Gennusa (editor), Matteo Paglierani (actor), Gabrio Ciliani (writer), Gabrio Ciliani (actor), Lambert Friedl Trevisan (actor), Igor Postiglione (actor), Arnaldo Brolli (actor), Luca Pinto (actor),
Genres: Horror, Short,Actors: Paul Pissanos (producer), Paul Pissanos (director), Roy Dotrice (actor), Spiros Focás (actor), Nikos Vastardis (actor), David Bowles (actor), David Bowles (producer), Duncan Skinner (actor), Carolina Liriti (actress), Andrew Bullock (actor), Angelica Timms (actress),
Genres: Documentary,Actors: Bjørn Floberg (actor), Tomas von Brömssen (actor), Hans Alfredson (actor), Espen Skjønberg (actor), Ingar Helge Gimle (actor), Jesper Christensen (actor), Philip Hersh (actor), Kari Simonsen (actress), Jon Øigarden (actor), Kjersti Holmen (actress), Randall Meyers (composer), John M. Jacobsen (producer), Mark Tandy (actor), Irmelin Wister (miscellaneous crew), Lars Arentz-Hansen (actor),
Plot: Sofie is an ordinary Norwegian girl. One day she recieves a video tape on which a certain Alberto Knox talks directly to her from ancient Greece. They then start to meet at different occasions and throughout the film, Alberto takes Sofie on an odyssey of the history of philosophy, from ancient Greece, over the Roman empire, the Middle ages, the renaissance, the enlightenment, the big revolutions and up to today. Throughout this journey, they start to realise that they are only fictions of a story writer's imagination and start conceiving a plan for escaping into reality.
Keywords: based-on-novel, computer, dog, hamlet, leonardo-da-vinci, michelangelo, mirror, past, philosophy, platoActors: Clarence Wilson (actor), Berton Churchill (actor), Warren Hymer (actor), Henry Armetta (actor), Pat Harmon (actor), Edward Hearn (actor), Maurice Black (actor), Marc Lawrence (actor), Sumner Getchell (actor), Monte Montague (actor), Frank Moran (actor), Lee Phelps (actor), Frank Rice (actor), Slim Summerville (actor), William Wyler (actor),
Genres: Comedy,