The Erotokritos is a narrative poem composed by Vitsentzos Kornaros in early 17th century Crete. It consists of 10,012 fifteen-syllable rhymed verses, the last twelve of which refer to the poet himself. It is written in the Cretan dialect of the Greek language. Its central theme is the love story between Erotokritos and Aretousa. Around this theme, revolve other themes such as honour, friendship, bravery and courage. In this adaptation, colorful shadow puppets are deployed.
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Cast
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Alberto Eskenazy
Erotokritos (voice)
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Loxandra
Για Μια Θέση στον Ήλιο
Ilias Labridou
Aretousa (voice)
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I limni ton stenagmon
They and I
Evgenios Spatharis
Poet (voice)
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Ulysses' Gaze
Bitter Bread
Lykourgos Kallergis
Iraklis (voice)
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O Hristos xanastavronetai
The Luna Park Girl
Rika Sifaki
Frrosyni (voice)
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The frogs
O Erotokritos
Giorgos Partsalakis
Polydoros (voice)
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Και Οι Παντρεμένοι Έχουν Ψυχή
Skorpios
Evgenios Spatharis Director · Vitsentzos Kornaros Writer
First release March 10, 1984 · Produced in Greece · Original title Ο Ερωτόκριτος
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Vouli TV
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Greece
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Original title
Ο Ερωτόκριτος
Original language
Greek
Spoken on screen
Greek
Release dates
Greece · March 10, 1984
TV
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