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Lord Elgin and Some Stones of No Value
Lord Elgin and Some Stones of No Value

LORD ELGIN AND SOME STONES OF NO VALUE

Directed by Christopher Miles
United Kingdom, 1986
Drama, TV Movie

Synopsis

By using Lord Elgin’s actual letters written when he was Ambassador in Constantinople in 1802 the film analyses how and why he took the majority of the sculptures from the Parthenon Temple in Athens and shipped them back to England.

Synopsis

By using Lord Elgin’s actual letters written when he was Ambassador in Constantinople in 1802 the film analyses how and why he took the majority of the sculptures from the Parthenon Temple in Athens and shipped them back to England.