SHEPHERDESS'S LOVER (THE)

It is the third film in a row of the type that much later on was called “fustanella (Greek kilt)”, following Gkolfo by Bachatoris (1914) and Astero by Gaziadis (1929). It is based on the successful theatrical play (rhyming pastoral romance) by Dimitrios Koromilas, who draws his inspiration from a poem by Giannis Zalokostas “I fell in love with a shepherdess”. The setting is Greece, a rural country in the middle of the 19th century. A landlord, Mitros, gives Kroustallo a golden cross as a gift to show her his tender feelings. He doesn’t know, however, that she is already in love with Liakos, a destitute young shepherd to whom Mitros owes his life – in the past he had saved him from drowning in the river. The cross around the neck of the shepherdess causes fights between the two men, while Mitros asks Kroustallo’s hand from her mother, Mrs. Stathaina, who had been his childhood love. After more tragic complications, gradually, however, they are cleared up, since prudence and sound judgment prevail, and love fills all hearts. It is the first motion picture with sound that was filmed in Greece. The dubbing was performed in Berlin, and the music was composed by the learned composer Dionysis Lavragkas from Eptanisa, who also set to music the poem by Giannis Zalokostas “I fell in love with a shepherdess” for the film.
  • Production Year 1932
  • First International Screening 11/10/1936
  • Color B/W
  • Audio SILENT & SOUND
  • Genre FEATURE FILM, BUKOLIC
  • Directors TSAKIRIS DIMITRIS, PARASKEVAS ILIAS
  • Production OLYMPIA FILM
  • Producer DADIRAS PANAGIOTIS
  • Script Adaptation TSAKIRIS DIMITRIS, PARASKEVAS ILIAS
  • Directors of Cinematography TZANETIS EMMANOUIL, KONSTANTA TETA
  •  TSAKIRIS DIMITRIS
  •  AFENTAKI NINA
  •  KATRAKIS MANOS
  •  NTORIVAL SOFIA (DAMOGLOU SOFIA)
  •  MARIKOU AIMILIA
  •  VLACHOPOULOS MICHALIS
  •  BATIS GIORGOS
  •  SVORONOS PANAGIOTIS
  •  ROZAN MEROPI
  •  KOTZIAS DIMITRIS

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