Madalena () is a 1960 Greek comedy film directed by Dinos Dimopoulos. It was entered into the 1961 Cannes Film Festival. The film won three awards in the 1st Thessaloniki Film Festival.
Plot A girl lives on a small Greek island in the Aegean sea. She and her family live off the job of her father who has a little boat that ferries passengers to a neighboring island. When her father dies, she has to become the head of her family and take care of her brothers and sisters. As a working woman, she faces discrimination from the island's community. Despite many difficulties she doesn't give up. Frustrated, she decides to marry a rich farmer from the island. But the love of her main competitor overturns the situation.
Cast Aliki Vougiouklaki as Madalena Charidimou Dimitris Papamichael as Labis Yokaris Pantelis Zervos as the priest Thodoros Moridis (as Theodoros Moridis) as Giorgaras Yokaris Yorgos Damasiotis as police captain Despo Diamantidou as Mrs. Yoraki Smaro Stefanidou as Pipitsa Keti Lampropoulou as Rozina Yoraki Lavrentis Dianellos as Kapetan Kosmas Charidimos Thanasis Vengos as the policeman Spyros Kalogyrou as Giakoumis Periklis Christoforidis as Charisis Maria Giannakopoulou Thanasis Tzeneralis (as Thanos Tzeneralis) as Baroutis Mary Metaxa Panos Karavousanos (as Panagiotis Karavousanos) as an islander Nikos Flokas Elena Apergi Vasilis Kailas as Pantelakis Charidimos (as Vasilakis Kailas)
Awards + List of awards and nominations Award Category Recipients and nominees Result1st Thessaloniki Film FestivalBest ScreenplayGiorgos RoussosBest Leading ActressAliki VougiouklakiBest Supporting ActorPantelis Zervos
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