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Orpheus Descending (1996)
Directed by George Zervoulakos
Drama
Eurydice is a singer in a group that plays in country fairs. The group is not successful and Eurydice gets convinced by a rich farmer to follow him to Athens, where he promises her that he will make her a famous singer. Things do not turn out as promised, and Eurydice returns to the band, which is very successful now, due to Orpheus, a mute clarinet player, who has joined them. The farmer comes to reclaim her by force and Eurydice gets killed in a car accident. Orpheus tries to give her life with his clarinet.
Cast
Vana Barba
Nikos Xanthopoulos
Christos Kalavrouzos
Menelaos Ntaflos
Mihalis Giannatos
Nelli Gini
Takis Hrysikakos
Crew
- Director
- George Zervoulakos
- Writer
- George Zervoulakos, Nikiforos Markakis
Details
- Original title
- Με τον Ορφέα τον Αύγουστο
- Release date
- 1996-01-26
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- EL
- Spoken languages
- Greek