The Greek Natural Tourism Organisation (GNTO) tourism campaign video titled “Gods, Myths, Heroes” has been fraught with controversy since its release. The first trouble came when it was forced to delete footage from the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin from a full film in which Nazi leader Adolf Hitler appeared. Later, more complaints came with allegation that the film had stolen clips and also showed an iconic Australian beach in Victoria known as the Twelve Apostles.

The GNTO said that it had removed the clip showing the Berlin Olympics however it refuted the allegation that it had stolen clips, saying that it had contracted these for unlimited use. Director Stian Redkal who had initially complained that his footage had been used reports that it “is licensed” insinuating that it may not have been at the time of use.

Regarding the use of an Australian beach amongst all the Greek settings, the GNTO refuted that it had tried to pass this off as a Greek beach but had purposely used the Australian beach to show the stars overhead in order to illustrate the fact that the constellations had Greek names. “The mythology of the sky, in all parts of the globe is Greek,” said the GNTO announcement.