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Scholar

Klaus Gallas

fl. 2008

Documentary film director, active in 2008. Worked with Church of Cyprus.

Life and work

  1. 2008
    Directed the 18-minute English-language documentary 'Where Heavens Fall Prey to Thieves' (Amara Films & Klaus Gallas), produced for the Public Information Office of the Republic of Cyprus. It describes the 'systematic destruction and plundering of all the Orthodox churches and monasteries in the Turkish occupied north' and presents the St Barnabas Icon Museum as an example; per the film's narration the oldest icons were removed and 'probably sold on the international art market'.

    CyprusStylianou-Lambert & Bounia 2016

Sources

  1. 1.T. Stylianou-Lambert, A. Bounia (2016). The Political Museum: Power, Conflict, and Identity in Cyprus.
  2. 2.Klaus Gallas (2008). Where Heaven(s) Falls Prey to Thieves. Amara Film.