Michael Radford

The Chytirio Theater in the downtown Athens district of Kerameikos is hosting a free screening of Michael Radford's "1984," based on George Orwell's classic novel about a dystopian future under an oppressive regime and released in the same year.

The series will be broadcast from the Fox and National Geographic channels. The first season was dedicated to Albert Einstein.

"This is a great commitment to me," said Banderas, a guest at the US film festival in the French city of Deauville, fillming is to start in November and continue until March next year. The first episodes will be broadcast in April or May next year " .

Andrea Bocelli, 58, the golden-voiced Italian tenor who overcame blindness and other hardships to become one of the world’s foremost singers, was the source of inspiration for a movie by one of Britain’s leading film directors, Michael Radford.