Madalena (1960 film)

Madalena
Madalena
Directed by	Dinos Dimopoulos
Written by	Giorgos Roussos
Produced by	Theophanis A. Damaskinos; Victor G. Michaelides
Starring	Aliki Vougiouklaki
Cinematography	Walter Lassally
Edited by	Yanna Spyropoulou; Giorgos Tsaoulis
Release date	September 1960;
Running time	91 minutes
Country	Greece
Language	Greek

Madalena (Greek: Μανταλένα) is a 1960 Greek comedy film directed by Dinos Dimopoulos. It was entered into the 1961 Cannes Film Festival.^[1] The film won three awards in the 1st Thessaloniki Film Festival.

Plot

A girl lives on a small Greek island in the Aegean sea. She and her family live off the job of her father who has a little boat that ferries passengers to a neighboring island. When her father dies, she has to become the head of her family and take care of her brothers and sisters. As a working woman, she faces discrimination from the island's community. Despite many difficulties she doesn't give up. Frustrated, she decides to marry a rich farmer from the island. But the love of her main competitor overturns the situation.^[2]

Cast

Aliki Vougiouklaki as Madalena Charidimou
Dimitris Papamichael as Labis Yokaris
Pantelis Zervos as the priest
Thodoros Moridis (as Theodoros Moridis) as Giorgaras Yokaris
Yorgos Damasiotis as police captain
Despo Diamantidou as Mrs. Yoraki
Smaro Stefanidou as Pipitsa
Keti Lampropoulou as Rozina Yoraki
Lavrentis Dianellos as Kapetan Kosmas Charidimos
Thanasis Vengos as the policeman
Spyros Kalogyrou as Giakoumis
Periklis Christoforidis as Charisis
Maria Giannakopoulou
Thanasis Tzeneralis (as Thanos Tzeneralis) as Baroutis
Mary Metaxa
Panos Karavousanos (as Panagiotis Karavousanos) as an islander
Nikos Flokas
Elena Apergi
Vasilis Kailas as Pantelakis Charidimos (as Vasilakis Kailas)

Awards

List of awards and nominations^[3]
Award	Category	Recipients and nominees	Result
1st Thessaloniki Film Festival	Best Screenplay	Giorgos Roussos	Won
	Best Leading Actress	Aliki Vougiouklaki	Won
	Best Supporting Actor	Pantelis Zervos	Won

References

^ "Festival de Cannes: Madalena". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 21 February 2009.
^ "Mandalena". Tainiothiki.gr. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
^ "awards 1960". Thessaloniki International Film Festival. Retrieved 8 March 2015.

External links

Madalena at IMDb

[festival-cannes.com-1] "Festival de Cannes: Madalena". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 21 February 2009.

[2] "Mandalena". Tainiothiki.gr. Retrieved 8 March 2015.

[3] "awards 1960". Thessaloniki International Film Festival. Retrieved 8 March 2015.

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