This film is a social comment of the times, exploring issues that centre around relationships and what was allowed and what was not allowed at the time (early 60s) in Greece. There are sub-plots also, mainly relating to the life of the poor city dwellers, social injustice and seeming double standards. Aliki Vougiouklaki is a poor young girl dreaming of a better life and the "handsome prince on a white stallion" who will deliver her from her miserable existence. She meets and falls in love with a young man (Nikos Kourkoulos) who also falls in love with her, but things are not as simple as they first seem. His past comes to haunt them with tragic consequences. Vassilis Diamantopoulos is excellent as the half-crazed old captain whose life strangely echoes that of young Aliki.
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Cast
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Aliki Vougiouklaki
Marina
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Nikos Kourkoulos
Stefanos
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Vasilis Diamantopoulos
Manolis
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Eleni Zafeiriou
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Thodoros Exarhos
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Dinos Dimopoulos Director · Vangelis Goufas Writer Aristeidis Karydis-Fuchs Cinematographer
First release December 3, 1962 · Produced in Greece · Original title Το Ταξίδι
Production
Finos Film
Production
Greece
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Languages
Original title
Το Ταξίδι
Original language
Greek
Spoken on screen
Greek
Release dates
Greece · December 3, 1962
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Greece
March 15, 2006 · Physical · DVD premiere
November 21, 2006 · Limited theatrical · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Türkiye
November 13, 1963 · Theatrical
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