Behind the small white houses with the cobbled streets, the Castle or “Eye of Crete”, or Fortezza in Chora of Kythera and above the whitewashed roofs of the houses the emerging Chytra, with its sebrevias and the sea cave, at the end of which there is a shelter for seals.
The lens returns to the castle, descending towards Kapsali, a picturesque harbour where, according to legend, Aphrodite touched her breast. Behind the chapel of Agios Spyridon, the two sheltered bays, across the top of the hill, the lighthouse and the chapel of Agios Georgios and along the coast, picturesque little houses.
The Capsule is removed as the filmmaker brings the field of view back into focus and the lens is captured by a tethered donkey. Behind him is the fortification of the castle and below it in the middle of the Burgundy lined up with small white churches. It stands out St. Athanasius.
Change the field of vision again and the snaking narrow road comes close to us. A car moves across the roadway and a woman hurries downhill as the lens tracks her.
We ascend to the castle, at our feet the Kapsali with the wonderful mansion, the tied boats and the ship in the arondos and at our side the chapel of Panagia with cannons scattered on the ground. A look at the embossed emblem and views of the country built along the summit. A few more views of the Chora and Castle, and the film closes with a couple walking on the battlements.
Archive of A. G. Bonar.
Creator: Andrew Graham, for the Aylon Film Archives digital archive
