The Cannon and the Nightingale

A quartet of short stories about Greece during the various occupations during World War 2

Cast

Giorgos Danis

as Italian Commander

Dionysis Papagiannopoulos

as Triandafyllou

Giorgos Kabanellis

as German Officer

Manos Katrakis

Giorgos Tzortzis

as Grigoris Afxendiou

Niki Triantafillidi

as Vasiliki

Vangelis Kazan

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