The End and the Beginning (1963)
The story of Greek patriots' struggle against the Nazi invaders in May 1941, when German troops landed on the island of Crete. Fleeing the Germans, seven people, completely different in their views and personalities, come together: communist Memos, who has escaped from prison; military doctor Kimon, fleeing from the hospital; nurse Alika and nurse Krinjo, a gendarme; and two soldiers—a Greek and a New Zealander who has fallen behind.
Director:
Manos Zacharias
Writer:
Giorgos Sevastikoglou
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Natalya Klimova as Alika - meditsinskaya sestra |
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Gennadi Voropayev as Kimon - voennyy vrach |
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Aleksei Safonov as Memos- kommunist |
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Marina Vayntraub as Krinyo - sanitarka |
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Oleg Khabalov as |
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Pavel Shpringfeld as Mikhalis |
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Antonis Yannidis as Pavlos - kapitan |
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Ángel Gutiérrez as Grecheskiy soldat |
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Sotiros Belevendis as Grecheskiy soldat |
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Andrey Mayorov as Novozeladskiy soldat |
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Anatoliy Dudorov as |
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Vladimir Korenev as |
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Lev Lobov as |
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Klavdiya Khabarova as |
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Yuliya Tsoglin as krestyanka |
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Stanislav Baykov as |
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Sergey Yurtaykin as |
| Directing | Manos Zacharias | Director |
| Writing | Giorgos Sevastikoglou | Screenplay |
| Sound | Nikolay Karetnikov | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Abram Freydin | Production Design |
| Camera | Aleksandr Kharitonov | Director of Photography |