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The first part of an incomplete trilogy telling the story of the greek people. The film begins in 1919, with Greek immigrants from Odessa arriving near Thessaloniki. Led by the charismatic Spyros, they establish a new settlement in the delta of a river. The youngest of the settlers are Spyros' son Alexis and an orphan from Odessa, Eleni. A strong, almost incestuous affection develops between the teenagers, resulting in twins who are given to a foster family. Also standing in the way of love is Spyros, determined to take his foster daughter as his wife. The lovers then decide to flee the village, persecuted by their father, leading a life of exile. As Alexis joins a group of musicians planning to go to the United States, Eleni regains custody of the twins. Angelopoulos, as in previous films, looks at the sacrifice of civilians confronted by the workers' demonstrations of 1935, the rule of Metaxas' fascist junta and forced emigration to America, and finally the civil war of 1944-1949.
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- verified Status: Released
- calendar_month Release Date: 2004-02-20
- video_camera_front Companies Theo Angelopoulos Films, Greek Film Centre, ERT, Attica Art Productions, Bac Films, Intermédias, ARTE France Cinéma
- timer Runtime: 169 Mins
- star Rating: 7.6 / 10
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- info IMDB ID tt0366721
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Alexandra Aidini
Eleni
Nikos Poursanidis
Alexis
Giorgos Armenis
Nikos
Vasilis Kolovos
Spyros
Eva Kotamanidou
Kassandra
Toula Stathopoulou
Woman in the Coffee House
Thalia Argyriou
Danai
Smaro Gaitanidou
Mihalis Giannatos
Zisis
Grigoris Evangelatos
Teacher
Aliki Kamineli
Amdromachi Chrisomelli
Alex Moukanos
Dimitris Kolovos
Thodoros Teknetzidis
Foulis Boudouroglou
Theofilos Alexopoulos
Than. Alexopoulos
Pas. Karaolanis
Vas. Karaolanis
groups Crew
Theo Angelopoulos
Director
Theo Angelopoulos
Writer
Tonino Guerra
Writer
Petros Markaris
Writer
Giorgio Silvagni
Writer
Eleni Karaindrou
Original Music Composer
Andreas Sinanos
Director of Photography
Giorgos Triandafyllou
Editor
Harris Papadopoulos
Casting
Kostas Lambropoulos
Production Design
Costas Dimitriadis
Set Decoration
Giorgos Patsas
Set Decoration
Ioulia Stavridou
Costume Design
Meinolf Zurhorst
Producer
Giorgio Silvagni
Co-Producer
Nikos Sekeris
Executive Producer
Amedeo Pagani
Co-Producer
Peter Nadermann
Producer
Jean Labadie
Co-Producer
Kostas Kefalas
Line Producer
Reinhold Elschot
Producer
Phoebe Economopoulos
Associate Producer
Theo Angelopoulos
Producer
Foivi Oikonomopoulou
Executive Producer
Kostas Varympopiotis
Sound Mixer
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