This is the first film of Theo Angelopoulos’ trilogy. The story starts in 1919 with some greek refugees from Odessa arriving somewhere near Thessaloniki. Among these people are two small kids, Alexis and Eleni. Eleni is an orphan and she is also taken care by Alexis’ family. The refugees build a small village somewhere near a river and we watch as the kids grow up and fall in love. But difficult times of dictatorship and war are coming…
Cast: Alexandra Aidini, Nicos Poursanidis, Eva Kotamanidou, Giorgos Armenis, Vassilis Kolovos, Toula Stathopoulou, Michalis Yannatos, Thalia Argiriou, Grigoris Evagelatos
Directed by: Theo Angelopoulos
Screenplay: Theo Angelopoulos, Tonino Guerra, Petros Markaris
Cinematography: Andreas Sinanos
Music: Eleni Karaindrou
Editing: Giorgos Triantafillou
Art Director: Giorgos Patsas, Costas Dimitriadis
Costume Design: Julia Stavridou
Sound Recording: Marinos Ahtanassopoulos
Line Producer: Yiannis Iakovidis
Executive Producer: Costas Lambropoulos, Nicos Sekeris
Producer: Phoebe Oikonomopoulou
Production: Theodoros Angelopoulos, Greek Film Centre, ERT SA (Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation), Bac Films SA (Paris, France), STO.RIE (Rome, Italy)