Letter from Pontus

2019 79 min

Overview

The family of Giannis Anastasiadis, leaves the village of Aydoğdu in Pontus and takes the road of refuge, at the end of 1919, while his father has already perished in the forced labor camps. The family scatters like the dust of Anatolia. His sisters, Kerekia and Victoria, die of typhus. Giannis and Isaac are separated in 1919 and do not see each other for more than 60 years. Giannis comes to Greece, but he never stops looking for his brother and writing letters to him. After many attempts, a Turkish Wali delivers Giannis's letter to Isaac and then the road opens, so that the two brothers can meet again.

Genres

Drama Documentary

Production Countries

Greece

Spoken Languages

Greek el

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Cast

Giorgos Karydas

Isaak Anastasiadis

Pavlos Kosmoglou

Giannis Anastasiadis

Anna Theodoridou

Kerekia Anastasiadi

Angeliki Mihalieri

Refugee

Stefanos Kasapis

Kid

Olga Kasapi

Eleni Stavrou

Crew

Cengiz Onural

Music

Thomas Sideris

Writer

Thomas Sideris

Director

Telis Metaxas

Cinematography

Posters

External Links

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