Udo Kier on a boat to nowhere, seducing his way through Greek tragedy like it's a Tuesday.
Angelos holds nothing in Greece. His sweetheart married his former friend, the woman who once was his first, killed. Here it is just waiting for disappointment, so all the money he buys a ticket to Australia. But while the young man is waiting for departure in his life to happen a new love experience. A chance meeting with Isabella on the ship that was carrying him to Athens, would be for Angelos another test, would lead to a meeting with the past and will be the key to unlocking the old crime.
Acting
Udo Kier's hypnotic, unhinged intensity carries every scene
Cinematography
Sun-bleached Aegean beauty vs. claustrophobic ship corridors
Director
Omiros Efstratiadis
Udo Kier
Angelos
Vangelis Kazan
Police officer
Elena Nathanail
Eirini
Anna Fonsou
Isavella
Eleni Anousaki
Magda
Werner Pochath
Michalis
Dimos Starenios
Professor
Ketty Panou
Rosie
Andreas Barkoulis
Andreas
Giannis Argyris
Eirini's father
Deniz Mpaltsavia
Rosie's sister
Yannis Kalatzis
Singer
Giannis Parios
Singer
Eleni Roda
Singer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was one of Udo Kier's early leading roles before he became Andy Warhol's Dracula and a cult icon. He allegedly took the role for the free trip to Greece.
Part of Greece's 1970s 'commercial cinema' wave—melodramas that mixed local tragedy with imported exploitation elements to survive television's rise. Director Efstratiadis made over 100 films, most forgotten.
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