Byron: Ballad for a Daemon

Byron: Ballad for a Daemon

Byron: Ballad for a Daemon

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Byron: Ballad for a Daemon

1992

2h 18m

4.4(10 votes)

Drama

Overview

Poet Lord Byron decides to fight with the Greek revolutionaries in Missolonghi against the Turks but instead the glorious battle wrestles with fever and his own demons.

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Production Companies

Greek Film Centre

ERT

Mosfilm

Cast & Crew

16 members

Acting

Μάνος Βακούσης

George Gordon Byron

Μάνος Βακούσης

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Βασίλης Λάγκος

Fletcher

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Άκης Σακελλαρίου

Count Gamba

Άκης Σακελλαρίου

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Μανώλης Σορμαϊνης

Stanhope

Μανώλης Σορμαϊνης

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Александр Кириллов

Jeremy Baxter

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Игорь Ясулович

Meyer

Игорь Ясулович

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Dmitri Pisarenko

Polish officer

Dmitri Pisarenko

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Արմեն Բորիսի Ջիգարխանյան

President

Արմեն Բորիսի Ջիգարխանյան

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Вера Сотникова

Augusta

Вера Сотникова

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Андрей Астраханцев

Doctor Bruno

Андрей Астраханцев

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Farhod Mahmudov

Loukas

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Alexander Kyrilov

American Quaker

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Θεοδόσης Ζαννής

Firemaster Parry

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Ηλίας Τσέχος

Vayas

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Viktor Bakin

Polish officer

Viktor Bakin

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Сергей Сазонтьев

Gold thief

Сергей Сазонтьев

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