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Thanos and Despina

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Original title

Oi voskoiaka

AKA

The Shepherds of Calamity

Year

1967

Running time

120 min.

Country

Greece

Director

Nikos Papatakis

Screenwriter

Nikos Papatakis. Story: Nikos Papatakis

Cast

Music

Pierre Barbaud

Cinematography

Jean Boffety, Christian Guillouet (B&W)

Producer

Co-production Greece-France;

Lenox Films

Genre

Drama

Synopsis

Katina, an impoverished Greek woman, tries to arrange the marrage of her shepherd son, Thanos, to Despina, the daughter of a wealthy landowner. But when Despina's father, Vlahopoulos refuses to give his blessings and wants Despina to marry a more wealthy gentleman, named Yankos. The wealthy and spoiled Yankos plots to break up the romantic union between Thanos and Despina any way posible while the young lovers plot to run away in a futile attempt to being a new life for themselves.

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Thanos and Despina

1967

Nikos Papatakis