The Children of the Swallow

Jun 15, 1987

1h 58m

★ 5.7

Overview

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

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Greek Film Centre

ERT

Tria Fylla Ltd.

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Cast

Markianos

Alekos Alexandrakis

Foteini

Mairi Hronopoulou

Spyros

Vasilis Diamantopoulos

Panos

Ilias Logothetis

Show emission

Stefanos Linaios

Flora

Sofia Aliberti

Sotiris

Stelios Lionakis

Fani

Iro Kyriakaki

Thanos

Thanos Grammenos

Theater guard

Dimitris Poulikakos

Akrivi

Maria Martika

School guard

Rolandos Hrelias

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