The Children of the Swallow (1987)
A journalist (Alekos Alexandrakis), working together with a young director (Peris Michailidis), tries to gather information about a family that was separated due to political turmoil. They locate some of its members, who tell their dramatic stories that began with the Civil War. The two men’s search is interrupted when a key person refuses to speak
Director:
Costas Vrettakos
Writers:
Soula Drakopoulou, Costas Vrettakos.
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Alekos Alexandrakis as Markianos |
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Mairi Hronopoulou as Foteini |
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Vasilis Diamantopoulos as Spyros |
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Ilias Logothetis as Panos |
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Stefanos Linaios as Show emission |
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Sofia Aliberti as Flora |
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Stelios Lionakis as Sotiris |
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Iro Kyriakaki as Fani |
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Thanos Grammenos as Thanos |
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Dimitris Poulikakos as Theater guard |
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Maria Martika as Akrivi |
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Rolandos Hrelias as School guard |
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Vladimiros Kiriakidis as Leonidas |
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Kostas Nastos as |
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Faidra Noutsou as Old woman |
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Panos Papakyriakopoulos as |
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Yannis Totsikas as Captain |
| Directing | Costas Vrettakos | Director |
| Writing | Soula Drakopoulou | Screenplay |
| Writing | Costas Vrettakos | Screenplay |
| Writing | Dionysis Haritopoulos | Novel |
| Production | Costas Vrettakos | Producer |
| Sound | Aris Stavrou | Music |
| Sound | Marinos Athanasopoulos | Sound Recordist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fani Tsouloyanni | Costume Design |
| Crew | Aris Stavrou | Cinematography |
| Editing | Christos Santatsoglou | Editor |
| Art | Thalia Istikopoulou | Art Direction |