Film

Erotokritos

1984 · 4h 2m · Drama · Romance · War

The Erotokritos is a narrative poem composed by Vitsentzos Kornaros in early 17th century Crete. It consists of 10,012 fifteen-syllable rhymed verses, the last twelve of which refer to the poet himself. It is written in the Cretan dialect of the Greek language. Its central theme is the love story between Erotokritos and Aretousa. Around this theme, revolve other themes such as honour, friendship, bravery and courage. In this adaptation, colorful shadow puppets are deployed.

Alberto Eskenazy

Erotokritos (voice)

Ilias Labridou

Aretousa (voice)

Evgenios Spatharis

Poet (voice)

Lykourgos Kallergis

Iraklis (voice)

Rika Sifaki

Frrosyni (voice)

Giorgos Partsalakis

Polydoros (voice)

• Evgenios SpatharisDirector
• Vitsentzos KornarosWriter

Release date

March 10, 1984

Status

Released

Original language

Greek

Runtime

4h 2m

Genres

Drama, Romance, War