When the Greeks
When the Greeks

When the Greeks

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1981
1h 38m
5.8(6 votes)
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Overview

At the turn of the twentieth century a young merchant is abducted by a group of brigands who are sheltered in a remote mountainous area of Greece aiming to extract ransom from his wealthy family. The young man develops a kind of sympathy to the arch-brigand and realizes that the underground life and moral code of his kidnappers actually represent a more genuine expression of “New Hellenism” than his bourgeois well-being.

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17 members
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Αλέξης Δαμιανός

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Αλέξης Δαμιανός
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Κώστας Αρζόγλου

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Κώστας Αρζόγλου
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Γιώργος Σαμπάνης

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Γιώργος Σαμπάνης
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Σταύρος Μερμήγκης

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Μιχαήλ Μαρμαρινός

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Νένα Μεντή

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Νένα Μεντή
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Πανίνος Δαμιανός

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Νίκος Φρονιμόπουλος

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Μαρία Γουδή

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Μίμης Χρυσομάλλης

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Μίμης Χρυσομάλλης
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Γιώργος Κοτανίδης

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Γιώργος Κοτανίδης
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Μαριάννα Κουτάλου

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Μανώλης Λογιάδης

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Μανώλης Λογιάδης
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Ντίνος Λύρας

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Ντίνος Λύρας
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Υβόννη Μαλτέζου

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Υβόννη Μαλτέζου
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Σμαράγδα Σμυρναίου

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Σμαράγδα Σμυρναίου
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Σταύρος Νικολαΐδης

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