1868, in the plains of Thessaly. Thanasis Vardas is a fine upstanding man who is pursued by a gang of Turkish Albanians and is forced to abandon his five-year-old son Giorgis in a monastery in Meteora...
This is the first Greek neo-realistic film, without fanciful, picturesque clichés, melodrama and bouzouki. On the contrary, it is a persuasive rendering of the difficult life of breadwinners. A poor ...
Mrs. Mina is sick and tired of the exaggerated kindness, patience and stoicism of her husband Lakis. She can’t take his sweet-tempered character any more and, with his consent, he goes out at nights...
An impoverished and alcoholic actor is hospitalized, and during his stay at the hospital he recalls his childhood and teenage years and all of his father’s advice.
Jane Eyre, an orphan girl (Christina Sylva) is employed to teach the young daughter of a wealthy man (Manos Katrakos). A romance blossoms between the two, but their love is made impossible by the pres...
Thirty-five long years need to pass for Alekos (Michail Nikolopoulos) and Lia (Inta Christinaki) to be together. During this period of time, various unpleasant events occur, and schemes are enacted to...
A tomboy, who lives on the hard and violent fringe of society, struggles to stay alive and unharmed. She grows up and becomes a real woman, despite a series of difficult situations, with the fatal inj...
Greece in the years of Turkish occupation. The Ottomans make frequent raids and seize Greek children, whom they lead to training camps and turn them into Janissaries. In such a mass kidnapping of chil...