Movie
YOUNG APHRODITES
Posterior title: MARK OF APHRODITE (THE)
In 2nd century B.C. Greece, a group of shepherds arrives in a fishing village that been deserted because the villagers are away at sea. The son of a shepherd (Vangelis Ioannidis) falls in love with a young girl (Kleopatra Rota), and the two of them witness the erotic games between two adults (Eleni Prokopiou and Takis Emmanouil). A mute shepherd (Anestis Vlachos) who desires the young girl kidnaps her, and the desperate young shepherd kills himself by jumping into the sea.
- Production Year 1963
- First Greek Screening 11/11/1963
- Color B/W
- Audio SOUND MONO
- Genre FEATURE FILM, ETHOGRAPHY, COSTUME DRAMA
- Director KOUNDOUROS NIKOS
- Production MINOS FILM, ANZERVOS
- Producer KOUNDOUROS NIKOS
- Script Writer VASILIKOS VASILIS, SFIKAS KOSTAS
- Director of Cinematography VARRIANO GIOVANNI
- Editing TSAOULIS GIORGOS
- Sound Engineers KONTOS TAKIS, PALATSIOLIS TASIS
- Set Designer KOUNDOUROS NIKOS
- Costume Designer KOUNDOUROS NIKOS
- Cinematography Assistant Directors GEORGOPOULOS TAKIS, KALOGERAS SAVVAS
- Production Managers ZERVOS GIORGOS, KOUNDOUROS NIKOS
- Musicians DIAKOGIORGIS TASSOS, DESPOTIDIS PANTELIS, AKRIVOPOULOS ALEKOS
- Singer KAREKLA KAITI
- Choreographer STRATOU DORA
- Sound Engineers PALATSIOLIS TASIS, KONTOS TAKIS
- PROKOPIOU ELENI
- EMMANOUIL TAKIS
- ROTA KLEOPATRA (TSAMPARLI PIPITSA)
- IOANNIDIS VANGELIS
- PAPADOPOULOS GIANNIS
- VLACHOS ANESTIS
- PAPAKONSTANTINOU KOSTAS
- KAILAS VASILIS
- TSAGKLOS VASILIS
THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (4th WEEK)
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THESSALONIKI 1963
THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (4th WEEK)
BEST DIRECTOR
THESSALONIKI 1963
THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (4th WEEK)
BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC
THESSALONIKI 1963
THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (4th WEEK)
HONORARY DISTINCTION
THESSALONIKI 1963
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF FILM CRITICS (FIPRESCI)
BEST FILM
1963
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF FILM CRITICS (FIPRESCI)
BEST SCREENPLAY
1963
UNION OF ATHENIAN AND MACEDONIAN PRESS FILM CRITICS
BEST DIRECTOR
GR 1963
UNION OF ATHENIAN AND MACEDONIAN PRESS FILM CRITICS
BEST SCREENPLAY
GR 1963
- Foreign Titles YOUNG APHRODITES, SIGN OF APHRODITE (THE)
