A refugee from Smyrna (Nikos Xanthopoulos) grows up in Athens, works in a taverna and, when the war breaks out, he is sent to the front. During the Occupation, he continues to work in the taverna and ...
Aristos is an upstanding young man who works at the boat-yard in the morning, and at night he sings at a club. He is in love with Mario, a young woman of his own social class. Since both of them are p...
This is the first Greek neo-realistic film, without fanciful, picturesque clichés, melodrama and bouzouki. On the contrary, it is a persuasive rendering of the difficult life of breadwinners. A poor ...
Two peaceful guys (Ntinos Iliopoulos and Kostas Chatzichristos) are informed by fellow villagers that an old blood feud between their families has been restarted, and they must continue it. In their e...
Tikos and Sfikos (Tasos Giannopoulos and Lakis Peridis) are under great pressure from their landlord (Pantelis Zervos) to pay their long-overdue rent. They try to get work at a theater, pretending tha...
A deaf-mute girl by the name of Maria (Aliki Vougiouklaki) lives with her father (Pantelis Zervos) on an island until she meets and falls in love with the teacher (Alekos Alexandrakis) who teaches her...
A man (Giorgos Fountas) who is involved in underground dealings needs to pay off his debts. He agrees to pretend he is married to a woman (Maro Kontou) who, in turn, wants to please her father (Pantel...
An office clerk (Thanasis Mylonas) pays off the debts of his fiancee’s (Anna Iasonidou) family with his boss’ (Christos Tsaganeas) money. He tells his employer that he lost the money on the street...