Cast

Voula Zouboulaki Petros Fyssoun Faidon Georgitsis Manos Katrakis Vangelis Kazan Giannis Kondoulis

Credits

Written by: Panos Kontellis

Plot

We are in 1942, in the middle of the German Occupation, on an island opposite the coast of Asia Minor, where a mature woman, Katerina Rodeli, cares for a wounded resistance fighter named Kanaris.

Sinekatalog’s take

On a Greek island under occupation, an older woman shelters a wounded resistance fighter. The film is tense and humane, finding drama in small acts of courage. Fits viewers who value understated wartime stories.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

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Ratings

IMDb: 6.9 / 10 (77 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.

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