Caravan Serai
1986 · Movie · 115 min. · Greece
Shortly before the end of the Civil War, in 1948, the villages along the border are evacuated to facilitate the National Army’s movements as well as to hamper those of the rebels. A forty-year-old villager, Margaritis (Thymios Karakatsanis), is forced, as are many others, to abandon his home and head for Thessaloniki with his two children. He settles into one of the city buildings, the Caravanserai, which has been designated for just this purpose. Here the refugees live under appalling conditions and resort to unnatural, dishonest behavior and cunning deeds. Margaritis tries not to get involved in all the unspeakable atrocities unfolding before him, at quite some psychological cost.
Direction Tasos Psarras
Cast Thymios Karakatsanis · Dimitra Hatoupi · Mirka Kalatzopoulou · Vasilis Kolovos · Lazaros Andreou · Zafiris Katramadas · Tassos Palatzidis · Alexander Revidis · Alexis Revidis · Melina Boteli · Dimitri Aronis · Haris Tsitsakis · Vana Fitsori · Kostas Itsios · Giorgos Fourniadis · Kostas Konstantinidis · Michalis Boyaridis · Nikos Vrettos · Vasilis Vranas
Soundtrack Giorgos Tsangaris
Screenplay Lazaros Pavlidis · Tasos Psarras
Cinematography Stavros Hassapis
Original title Karavan Sarai
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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