A young female character, Nikki Douka, from Samothraki, is sailing to the U.S. to fulfill a marriage contract and save her family honor. Her skills as a seamstress keep her busily sewing throughout the voyage to alter wedding dresses for the third-class voyagers. But along the way, she meets a young American photographer who is returning from the Middle East where he was snapping shots of the war in Smyrna, 1922. Her honesty, pride, and beauty attract the attention of the American who falls in love with her. Tribulations abound during the voyage, following the dramas of several unfortunate young women upon whom nasty characters preyed, as Nikki struggles with her feelings for the photographer.
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Cast
18 people
Evi Saoulidou
Haro
Known for
Pity
Εβελίνα Παπούλια
Marion Gibson
Victoria Haralabidou
Niki Douka
Known for
The Tourist
Black Snow
Andréa Ferréol
Emine
Known for
The Last Metro
La Grande Bouffe
Damian Lewis
Norman Harris
Known for
Band of Brothers
Homeland
Eleni Roussinou
Yelena
Known for
Miss Violence
Dimitris Katalifos
Captain
Known for
The Other Me
Eirini Inglesi
Ms. Kardaki
Known for
My Grandfather's People
Little England
Steven Berkoff
Karabulat
Known for
Vikings
Rambo: First Blood Part II
Elizaveta Kuznetsova
Olga
Apostolis Totsikas
Nikolas
Also in
Wonderful Creatures
The Bachelor
Yorgos Makris
Prodromos
Also in
Two Strangers
Fygame
Pantelis Voulgaris Director · Ioanna Karystiani Writer Stamatis Spanoudakis Composer
Worldwide gross $4.9M · United States release July 9, 2005 · Produced in Greece, United States, France
Box office
Worldwide gross
$4,928,000
Production
Greece · United States · France
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Νύφες
Original language
Greek
Spoken on screen
English · Greek · Italian · Russian · Turkish
Release dates
Canada · September 14, 2004
Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
Greece · October 22, 2004
Theatrical
United States · July 9, 2005
Limited theatrical
Argentina
March 11, 2010 · Premiere · Pantalla Pinamar Festival
Australia
September 29, 2005 · Theatrical
Canada
November 19, 2012 · Premiere · Toronto European Union Film Festival
China
June 23, 2006 · Premiere · Shanghai International Film Festival
France
May 18, 2005 · Premiere · Paris Panorama du Film Grec
October 8, 2005 · Premiere · Bordeaux International Festival of Women in Cinema
May 22, 2008 · Premiere · Lyon Festival du Cinéma Grec Contemporain
Greece
November 20, 2004 · Premiere · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
October 15, 2014 · Premiere · Greek Film Archive
December 13, 2022 · Premiere · Greek Film Archive
Hungary
December 3, 2006 · TV
Lithuania
June 23, 2006 · Theatrical
South Korea
December 8, 2024 · Premiere · EUNIC X EU Film Festival
Türkiye
October 14, 2005 · Theatrical
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