Madalena (1960 film)

Madalena (Μανταλένα) 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)