During the cold spring of 1941, with Greece already under German occupation, a long-suffering squad of war-battered soldiers receives orders from the headquarters in Athens to fall back, leaving behind the Albanian Front. As the men retreat through the snow-covered landscapes of the bomb-scarred Greek countryside, the terrifying certainty that nothing will ever be the same again crushes their weary human souls.
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Aimilia Pitta
Sofia
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Takis Emmanuel
Giagos
Known for
Zorba the Greek
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
Nikos Tsachiridis
Known for
Island of Death
Jupiter's Thigh
Faidon Georgitsis
Stratos
Known for
Never on Sunday
Eleni Zafeiriou
Also in
The Auntie from Chicago
A Matter of Dignity
Niki Triantafillidi
Anthoula
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Euridice BA 2037
O Hristos xanastavronetai
Lambrini Dimitriadou
Also in
Meteor and Shadow
Lazos Terzas
Also in
Όταν ήμουν δάσκαλος
Η ζωή και ο θάνατος του Καραβέλα
Costas Messaris
Known for
The Travelling Players
Takis Filinas
Also in
Casablan
Διψασμένη γι' αγάπη
Christoforos Malamas
Ηλίας Μπουγιούκας
Takis Kanellopoulos Director · Giorgos Kitsopoulos Writer Arghyris Kounadis Composer
First release August 31, 1962 · Produced in Greece · Original title Ουρανός
Production
Greece
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Original title
Ουρανός
Original language
Greek
Spoken on screen
Greek
Release dates
Greece · August 31, 1962
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
May 14, 1963 · Theatrical
Greece
November 16, 2023 · Theatrical · Re-issue
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