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Madalena (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Madalena' is a 1960 Greek comedy film directed by Dinos Dimopoulos. It was entered into the 1961 Cannes Film Festival. The film won three awards in the 1st Thessaloniki Film Festival.
Plot
A girl lives on a small Greek island in the Aegean sea. She and her family live off the job of her father who has a little boat that ferries passengers to a neighboring island. When her father dies, she has to become the head of her family and take care of her brothers and sisters. As a working woman, she faces discrimination from the island's community. Despite many difficulties she doesn't give up. Frustrated, she decides to marry a rich farmer from the island. But the love of her main competitor overturns the situation.
Cast
* Aliki Vougiouklaki as Madalena Charidimou
* Dimitris Papamichael as Labis Yokaris
* Pantelis Zervos as the priest
* Thodoros Moridis (as Theodoros Moridis) as Giorgaras Yokaris
* Yorgos Damasiotis as police captain
* Despo Diamantidou as Mrs. Yoraki
* Smaro Stefanidou as Pipitsa
* Keti Lampropoulou as Rozina Yoraki
* Lavrentis Dianellos as Kapetan Kosmas Charidimos
* Thanasis Vengos as the policeman
* Spyros Kalogyrou as Giakoumis
* Periklis Christoforidis as Charisis
* Maria Giannakopoulou
* Thanasis Tzeneralis (as Thanos Tzeneralis) as Baroutis
* Mary Metaxa
* Panos Karavousanos (as Panagiotis Karavousanos) as an islander
* Nikos Flokas
* Elena Apergi
* Vasilis Kailas as Pantelakis Charidimos (as Vasilakis Kailas)
Awards
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