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The Danish Institute in Athens is hosting a free screening of the 1910 landmark silent film "The Abyss" by Urban Gad, starring Asta Nielsen in a stunningly natural performance that helped earn the Danish actress international stardom - though it also got the film banned in Norway and Sweden, where it was considered too risque.

Athens's annual Rockwave Festival at the TerraVibe park in Malakassa, north of the city, gets off to head-banging start on Friday, June 30, with headline acts Rotting Christ and Nightstalker, two locals outfit that have been shaping the Greek metal scene since the late 1980s. The local act roster is completed by 1000 Mods playing psychedelic "anti-radio" metal, Bazooka and Godspeed.