The story of a young, wild woman who doesn't want to compromise and settle down. Stella is a restless, rebellious Greek woman who plays with men and enjoys her life as much as she can. But ...
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| Melina Mercouri | ... | Stella | |
| Giorgos Foundas | ... | Miltos | |
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Alekos Alexandrakis | ... | Alekos |
| Hristina Kalogerikou | ... | Miltos' Mother | |
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Voula Zouboulaki | ... | Anetta |
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Dionysis Papagiannopoulos | ... | Mitsos |
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Sofia Vempo | ... | Maria |
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Costas Kakavas | ... | Antonis (as Kostas Karalis) |
| Tasso Kavadia | ... | Alekos' Sister | |
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| Nikos Fermas | |||
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Nitsa Pappa | ||
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Hristina Pateraki | ||
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G. Pomonis | ||
| Kostas Pomonis | ... | Alekos' Father | |
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The story of a young, wild woman who doesn't want to compromise and settle down. Stella is a restless, rebellious Greek woman who plays with men and enjoys her life as much as she can. But when she meets a young football player, things get mixed up. She loves him but she loves her freedom too. So it's about time she made an important choice. Written by Xenophon Tsakanikas <ftpadmin@antigoni.med.auth.gr>
Plot Keywords:
greek woman | female protagonist | dead woman with eyes open | woman stabbed | death of title character |Taglines:
The Greeks Have a Word For Her - "AOIXON" See more »Certificate:
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Country:
GreeceLanguage:
GreekRelease Date:
4 April 1955 (Greece) See more »Also Known As:
Stella - pigen fra baren See more »Company Credits
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MonoColor:
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1.37 : 1
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Music by Manos Hatzidakis
Lyrics by Michael Cacoyannis
Performed by Voula Zouboulaki and Melina Mercouri
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The film was a favorite for the Golden Palm at the 1955 Cannes Film Festival and Mercouri for the Best Actress award. It won neither. This fact caused controversy, so Isa Miranda, a member of the jury, gave Mercouri a special award named "Isa Miranda" award for her performance. See more »Soundtracks
Efta tragoudia tha sou poMusic by Manos Hatzidakis
Lyrics by Michael Cacoyannis
Performed by Voula Zouboulaki and Melina Mercouri
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Still today, absorbing viewing, this Bazouki melodrama has many of the faults, features and personnel of the Greek home consumption cinema of the fifties but scenes like Alexandrakis' tilted stagger along the white street while his sex-bomb old flame is making out with the football hero or the country picnic with the child dancing along with Vembo's song, generate attention rarely matched there.
The business of Mercouri's first number proving a fiasco creating suspense about whether she actually can deliver is, of course, the device used in 8 MILE.
The film making is a bit rough. This one is not shot by English cameraman Walter Lassally who did most of Cacoyannis' work and some of it looks like it was lit with a searchlight. However the people who will make an impression are already visible - Hadjidakis, Aldredge, Cacoyanis and it's leads, the vibrant Mercouri and virile Foundas who would figure in all the director's early work and should have had as substantial a career as any of them.