Film

The Girl with Golden Hair

1978 · 1h 38m · Drama

IMDb

5.2

Antonis Katsaris stars as a teacher in the small village of Zante who fights the growing desire of many locals to abandon the village for the big city or other countries. He works hard to organize traditional cultural events, such as outdoor performances of the traditional play I Chrissomalloussa, in order to solidify local values and a sense of identity. The teacher is aided by a young woman, a widow who has just returned from Germany and lives with her father-in-law. Kazan walks away with the film, as his sinister desires for his daughter-in-law are inflamed when he sees that she has fallen in love with the teacher. These developments lead him to whip up protests against the play by conservative locals, claiming that the teacher has changed the traditional story by adding elements of propaganda with the potential of causing peasant uprisings. The result is an unexpectedly violent example of social censorship.

Vera Krouska

Vangelis Kazan

Antonis Katsaris

Nikos Alevras

Dina Botoni

Vasilis Laggos

Frieda Liappa

Adonis Lykouresis

• Adonis LykouresisDirector · Writer
• Tony LycouressisWriter · Director
• Stratis KarrasScreenplay
• Andreas BellisDirector of Photography

Release date

October 4, 1978

Status

Released

Original language

Greek

Runtime

1h 38m

Genres

Drama