The Weeping Meadow (Το Λιβάδι που δακρύζει) 20 years old

The Weeping Meadow

In the first film of Theo Angelopoulos' incomplete trilogy, the story begins in 1919 with some Greek refugees from Odessa arriving somewhere near Thessaloniki. Among them are two children, Alexis and Eleni. Eleni is an orphan and she is also taken care by Alexis' family. The refugees build a small village somewhere near a river, where the kids grow up and fall in love. But difficult times of dictatorship and war fast approach...

Credits

The Weeping Meadow Cast

Name Character
Grigoris Evangelatos He was 4, 15 years old when he died as Teacher
Mihalis Giannatos He was 63, 72 years old when he died as Zisis
Giorgos Armenis He was 60, now 81 years old as Nikos
Eva Kotamanidou She was 68, now 88 years old as Kassandra

The Weeping Meadow Crew

Name Department
Giorgos Patsas as Set Decoration. Art
Jean Labadie as Co-Producer. He was 49 (now 69) years old Production
Reinhold Elschot as Producer. Production
Peter Nadermann as Producer. Production
Meinolf Zurhorst as Producer. He was 51 (now 71) years old Production
Kostas Lambropoulos as Production Design. Art
Theo Angelopoulos as Director. He was 69 (76) years old when He died Directing
Theo Angelopoulos as Producer. He was 69 (76) years old when He died Production
Theo Angelopoulos as Writer. He was 69 (76) years old when He died Writing
Amedeo Pagani as Co-Producer. He was 63 (now 83) years old Production
Eleni Karaindrou as Original Music Composer. She was 65 (now 85) years old Sound
Petros Markaris as Writer. He was 67 (now 87) years old Writing
Giorgio Silvagni as Co-Producer. Production
Giorgio Silvagni as Writer. Writing
Andreas Sinanos as Director of Photography. Camera
The Weeping Meadow poster
The Weeping Meadow (20 years)

  • Release day: Friday, February 20, 2004
  • Runtime: 169 minutes
  • Revenue: 64424.00