Astero

Astero (1959)

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This immensely successful remake of the 1929 foustanella classic was directed by Dinos Dimopoulos and quickly established its stars (Dimitris Papamichael and the beautiful Aliki Vouyouklaki) as the Greek cinema's top box-office draws. The story itself rigidly follows the conventions of its subgenre, although because Greek filmmakers were still churning out foustanellas for decades afterward, it hardly seems more dated than the original. Once again, it tells the tale of Mitros (Titos Vandis), a wealthy herd owner with a foster daughter named Astero (Vouyouklaki) whom he marries off to another herd owner, despite the fact that she and his son Thimios (Papamichael) are desperately in love. The other herd owner dies and Astero loses her mind a bit (although she doesn't wig out quite as spectacularly as Aliki Theodoridou in the silent original), but Mitros finally comes to the right decision and allows the children to marry.

Director: Dinos Dimopoulos

Casts

	Aliki Vougiouklaki as Astero
	Dimitris Papamichael as Thymios
	Titos Vandis as Mitros
	Georgia Vasileiadou as Stamatina
	Stephanos Stratigos as Thanos
	Yorgos Damasiotis as
	Athanasia Moustaka as
	Giannis Avlonitis as
	Niki Linardou as
	Soula Athanasiadou as
	Theodoros Andrikopoulos as
	Labros Kotsiris as
	Giorgos Antonakis as
	Kia Bozou as
	Z. Damigou as
	Eva Evangelidou as
	Mary Metaxa as
	Nikos Flokas as
	Mairi Formozi as
	Kaiti Heila as
	Kostas Papahristos as
	Dimitris Simiriotis as
	Athina Mihailidou as
	Rea Morou as
	Stelios Papadakis as
	Eleni Papadimopoulou as
	Violetta Souli as

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