The Children of the Swallow
Genres
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
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
118 min
Release Date
1987-06-15
Status
Released
Original Language
Greek
Vote Count
3
Vote Average
5.7
Alekos Alexandrakis
Markianos
Mairi Hronopoulou
Foteini
Vasilis Diamantopoulos
Spyros
Ilias Logothetis
Panos
Stefanos Linaios
Show emission
Sofia Aliberti
Flora
Stelios Lionakis
Sotiris
Iro Kyriakaki
Fani
Thanos Grammenos
Thanos
Dimitris Poulikakos
Theater guard
Maria Martika
Akrivi
Rolandos Hrelias
School guard
Vladimiros Kiriakidis
Leonidas
Kostas Nastos
Faidra Noutsou
Old woman
Panos Papakyriakopoulos
Yannis Totsikas
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