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During the cold spring of 1941, with Greece already under German occupation, a long-suffering squad of war-battered soldiers receives orders from the headquarters in Athens to fall back, leaving behind the Albanian Front. As the men retreat through the snow-covered landscapes of the bomb-scarred Greek countryside, the terrifying certainty that nothing will ever be the same again crushes their weary human souls.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Greek

Runtime

87 mins

Rating

6.9/10

Release Date

31 August 1962

Country

Greece

Cast

Aimilia Pitta

Aimilia Pitta

Sofia

Faidon Georgitsis

Faidon Georgitsis

Stratos

Takis Emmanuel

Takis Emmanuel

Giagos

Eleni Zafeiriou

Eleni Zafeiriou

Niki Triantafillidi

Niki Triantafillidi

Anthoula

Costas Messaris

Costas Messaris

Stavros Tornes

Stavros Tornes

Nikos Tsachiridis

Nikos Tsachiridis

Lambrini Dimitriadou

Lambrini Dimitriadou

Lazos Terzas

Lazos Terzas

Kostas Karagiorgis

Kostas Karagiorgis

Giorgos Fourniadis

Giorgos Fourniadis

Christoforos Malamas

Christoforos Malamas

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