Thanos and Despina
1967·Greece·120 min.
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Katina, an impoverished Greek woman, tries to arrange the marrage of her shepherd son, Thanos, to Despina, the daughter of a wealthy landowner. But when Despina's father, Vlahopoulos refuses to give his blessings and wants Despina to marry a more wealthy gentleman, named Yankos. The wealthy and spoiled Yankos plots to break up the romantic union between Thanos and Despina any way posible while the young lovers plot to run away in a futile attempt to being a new life for themselves.
DirectorNikos Papatakis
ScreenwriterNikos Papatakis
MusicPierre Barbaud
CastOlga Karlatos·George Dialegmenos·Lambros Tsangas·Elli Xanthaki·Tzavalas Karousos·Dimos Starenios·Giannis Argyris·Nikiforos Naneris·Maria Konstadarou·Joly Garbi·Nasos Kedrakas·Vasos AndronidisShow all
Original titleOi voskoi
Also known asThe Shepherds of Calamity