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== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
*The movie Love And Blood aired in the theaters of Athens, Piraeus and their suburbs in 1968, cut 381,554 tickets and took the 12th place among 99 films. | *The movie Love And Blood aired in the theaters of Athens, Piraeus and their suburbs in 1968, cut 381,554 tickets and took the 12th place among 99 films. | ||
*This is the second movie directed by screenwriter Nikos Foskolos, with the first being [[Sfaires den gyrizoun piso, Oi]]. He made it with the encouragement of Filopimin Finos (founder of Finos Films), who told him that his scenarios are so well written that it is wrong to let someone else to take the glory and the money by directing his work… | *This is the second movie directed by screenwriter Nikos Foskolos, with the first being [[Sfaires den gyrizoun piso, Oi|Oi Sfaires den gyrizoun piso]]. He made it with the encouragement of Filopimin Finos (founder of Finos Films), who told him that his scenarios are so well written that it is wrong to let someone else to take the glory and the money by directing his work… | ||
*The film was very successful and that was mainly due to Jenny Karezi, who was a very famous and beloved Greek actress at that time (and still is). | *The film was very successful and that was mainly due to Jenny Karezi, who was a very famous and beloved Greek actress at that time (and still is). | ||
*The film is not set in the west, but in Thessaly, a geographical region that became part of the modern Greek state in 1881, after four and a half centuries of Ottoman rule. But although the region became Greek, the land was still property of the same landowners as under the Turks. They had to fight against bandits and revolutionaries, leading the situation to be very similar to America's Wild West… | *The film is not set in the west, but in Thessaly, a geographical region that became part of the modern Greek state in 1881, after four and a half centuries of Ottoman rule. But although the region became Greek, the land was still property of the same landowners as under the Turks. They had to fight against bandits and revolutionaries, leading the situation to be very similar to America's Wild West… | ||
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Agapi kai aima (Greece 1968 / Director: Nikos Foskolos)
- Runtime: 90 min
- Release Date: 4.3.1968
Also known as
Αγάπη και Αίμα (Greece) | Fluch der Rache (Germany) | Love and Blood (U.S.A.) | Quand les colts sonnent le glas (France) | Colts en vendetta (Belgium)
Cast and credits
- Cast: Jenny Karezi (Foni Geraka), Kostas Kazakos (Ektoras Argouzis), Lakis Komninos (Nikitas), Spyros Kalogirou (Theofilos Argouzis), Eleni Zafeiriou (Aliki Argouzi), Grigoris Evangelatos, Floretta Zana (Fotini), Giannis Argyris (Nestoras Gerakas), Yorgos Bellos, Dimitris Bislanis (Zaras), Christos Daktylidis, Kostas Daras, Theodoros Dovas, Eva Evangelidou, Sotiris Foundas, Dora Fytiza, Nikiforos Halkias, Giannis Kasdaglis (Alexis Gerakas), Nikos Kikilias, Nikos Lykomitros, Giorgos Nezos, Giorgos Oikonomou, Christoforos Zikas
- Story: Nikos Foskolos
- Screenplay: Nikos Foskolos
- Cinematography: Karl Heinz Hummel [color]
- Music: Kostas Kapnisis
- Editor: Vasilis Syropoulos
- Sound Engineers: Mikes Damalas, Thanasis Georgiadis
- Set Designer: Markos Zervas
- Make-up: Nikos Xepapadakos
- Cameraman: Karl Heinz Hummel
- Set Photographer: Karl Heinz Hummel
- Production Manager: Markos Zervas
- Production: Finos Film
Synopsis
The abysmal hatred which exists between two landowners is transferred to their natural environment as well. Whatever crosses the river separating the two families, be it man or beast, dies. The film is yet another rendering of the Romeo and Juliet tale, with intense emotions, dominated by the extreme behavior of the heroes. The film tries to imitate the style, atmosphere and action of westerns.
Trivia
- The movie Love And Blood aired in the theaters of Athens, Piraeus and their suburbs in 1968, cut 381,554 tickets and took the 12th place among 99 films.
- This is the second movie directed by screenwriter Nikos Foskolos, with the first being Oi Sfaires den gyrizoun piso. He made it with the encouragement of Filopimin Finos (founder of Finos Films), who told him that his scenarios are so well written that it is wrong to let someone else to take the glory and the money by directing his work…
- The film was very successful and that was mainly due to Jenny Karezi, who was a very famous and beloved Greek actress at that time (and still is).
- The film is not set in the west, but in Thessaly, a geographical region that became part of the modern Greek state in 1881, after four and a half centuries of Ottoman rule. But although the region became Greek, the land was still property of the same landowners as under the Turks. They had to fight against bandits and revolutionaries, leading the situation to be very similar to America's Wild West…
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