Manos Zacharias

Emmanuel "Manos" Zacharias (Greek: Εμμανουήλ «Μάνος» Ζαχαρίας; born 9 July 1922) is a Greek film director, cinematographer and actor, who was active in Greek and Soviet cinema. Determined to become a cinematographer, he enrolled in IDHEC (Institut des Hautes Etudes Cinematographiques) and at the same time studied History of Art at the Sorbonne. In 1947, the decision was made by the KKE to centrally collect cinematographic and photographic equipment and to allocate it accordingly to cover the political-military needs of the time. In the spring of 1948, with two wind-up cinematographic cameras, a 35 mm and a 16 "Payar", as well as boxes of film, he crossed the Yugoslav border and entered Greece illegally. Thus, in 1948, the photo-film crew was founded and joined the force of the Enlightenment Department of the General Headquarters of the DSE. Their meeting took place in Pefkofyto in eastern Gramos. The team was charged with filming newsreels and taking photographs of the life and activities of the DSE. The films were transported abroad for technical processing with the aim of their distribution.