The Weeping Meadow

The Weeping Meadow (2004)


  • Genre: Drama, History
  • Release Date: 2004-02-20
  • User Rating: 7.5/10 from 91 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 49min
  • Language: ελληνικά
  • Production Company: ZDF/Arte
  • Production Country: France, Germany, Greece, Italy
  • Director: Theo Angelopoulos
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Summary

The first part of an incomplete trilogy telling the story of the greek people. The film begins in 1919, with Greek immigrants from Odessa arriving near Thessaloniki. Led by the charismatic Spyros, they establish a new settlement in the delta of a river. The youngest of the settlers are Spyros' son Alexis and an orphan from Odessa, Eleni. A strong, almost incestuous affection develops between the teenagers, resulting in twins who are given to a foster family. Also standing in the way of love is Spyros, determined to take his foster daughter as his wife. The lovers then decide to flee the village, persecuted by their father, leading a life of exile. As Alexis joins a group of musicians planning to go to the United States, Eleni regains custody of the twins. Angelopoulos, as in previous films, looks at the sacrifice of civilians confronted by the workers' demonstrations of 1935, the rule of Metaxas' fascist junta and forced emigration to America, and finally the civil war of 1944-1949.

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  • Alexandra Aidini

    as Eleni
  • Nikos Poursanidis

    as Alexis
  • Giorgos Armenis

    as Nikos
  • Vasilis Kolovos

    as Spyros
  • Eva Kotamanidou

    as Kassandra
  • Toula Stathopoulou

    as Woman in the Coffee House
  • Thalia Argyriou

    as Danai
  • Smaro Gaitanidou

    as
  • Mihalis Giannatos

    as Zisis
  • Grigoris Evangelatos

    as Teacher
  • Aliki Kamineli

    as
  • Amdromachi Chrisomelli

    as
  • Alex Moukanos

    as
  • Dimitris Kolovos

    as
  • Thodoros Teknetzidis

    as
  • Foulis Boudouroglou

    as
  • Theofilos Alexopoulos

    as
  • Than. Alexopoulos

    as
  • Pas. Karaolanis

    as
  • Vas. Karaolanis

    as
Directing Theo Angelopoulos Director
Writing Theo Angelopoulos Writer
Art Costas Dimitriadis Set Decoration
Production Amedeo Pagani Co-Producer
Writing Giorgio Silvagni Writer
Editing Giorgos Triandafyllou Editor
Costume & Make-Up Ioulia Stavridou Costume Design
Production Giorgio Silvagni Co-Producer
Production Peter Nadermann Producer
Writing Tonino Guerra Writer
Production Jean Labadie Co-Producer
Production Theo Angelopoulos Producer
Production Meinolf Zurhorst Producer
Production Nikos Sekeris Executive Producer
Writing Petros Markaris Writer
Art Kostas Lambropoulos Production Design
Production Reinhold Elschot Producer
Camera Andreas Sinanos Director of Photography
Art Giorgos Patsas Set Decoration
Production Phoebe Economopoulos Associate Producer
Production Kostas Kefalas Line Producer
Sound Eleni Karaindrou Original Music Composer
Production Harris Papadopoulos Casting
Production Foivi Oikonomopoulou Executive Producer

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