The Trip

The Trip (1962)

RomanceDrama

This film is a social comment of the times, exploring issues that centre around relationships and what was allowed and what was not allowed at the time (early 60s) in Greece. There are sub-plots also, mainly relating to the life of the poor city dwellers, social injustice and seeming double standards. Aliki Vougiouklaki is a poor young girl dreaming of a better life and the "handsome prince on a white stallion" who will deliver her from her miserable existence. She meets and falls in love with a young man (Nikos Kourkoulos) who also falls in love with her, but things are not as simple as they first seem. His past comes to haunt them with tragic consequences. Vassilis Diamantopoulos is excellent as the half-crazed old captain whose life strangely echoes that of young Aliki.

Director: Dinos Dimopoulos

Casts

	Aliki Vougiouklaki as Marina
	Nikos Kourkoulos as Stefanos
	Vasilis Diamantopoulos as Manolis
	Eleni Zafeiriou as mitera tis Marinas
	Margarita Labrinou as Athina
	Smaro Stefanidou as Loula
	Thodoros Exarhos as Soula's cousin
	Notis Peryalis as Grigoris
	Lili Papayanni as Soula
	Zoi Fytousi as
	Sapfo Notara as
	Kostas Naos as
	Mitsos Lygizos as
	Athanasia Moustaka as Stefanos' mother
	Aliki Zografou as
	Kostas Gennatas as
	Despoina Nikolaidou as
	Nina Starenjou as

Crew