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Madalena (1960 film)

1960 film

Field	Value
name	Madalena
director	Dinos Dimopoulos
producer	Theophanis A. Damaskinos
Victor G. Michaelides
writer	Giorgos Roussos
starring	Aliki Vougiouklaki
cinematography	Walter Lassally
editing	Yanna Spyropoulou
Giorgos Tsaoulis
released
runtime	91 minutes
country	Greece
language	Greek

Victor G. Michaelides Giorgos Tsaoulis

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

Award	Category	Recipients and nominees
1st Thessaloniki Film Festival	Best Screenplay	Giorgos Roussos
Best Leading Actress	Aliki Vougiouklaki
Best Supporting Actor	Pantelis Zervos

References

"Festival de Cannes: Madalena". festival-cannes.com.
"Mandalena". Tainiothiki.gr.
"awards 1960". Thessaloniki International Film Festival.

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