''Our Last Spring'' ( el, Ερόικα,

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Eroica) is a 1960 Greek

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by

Michael Cacoyannis Michael Cacoyannis ( el, Μιχάλης Κακογιάννης, ''Michalis Kakogiannis''; 11 June 1922 – 25 July 2011), sometimes credited as Michael Yannis, was a Greek Cypriot theatre and film director, writer, producer, and actor. ...

and based on the 1938 novel "Eroica" by Greek writer

Kosmas Politis Cosmas or Kosmas is a Greek name ( grc-gre, Κοσμᾶς), from Ancient Greek Κοσμᾶς (Kosmâs), associated with the noun κόσμος (kósmos), meaning "universe", and the verb κοσμέω (to order, govern, adorn) linked to proprie ...

. It was entered into the

10th Berlin International Film Festival The 10th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 24 June to 5 July 1960. The Golden Bear was awarded to the Spanish film '' El Lazarillo de Tormes'' directed by César Fernández Ardavín. Jury The following people were announc ...

Cast

* Alexandros Mamatis as Alekos * Jenny Russell as Monika * Nikiforos Naneris as Dimitris * Panos Goumas as Loizos *

Patrick O'Brian Patrick O'Brian, CBE (12 December 1914 – 2 January 2000), born Richard Patrick Russ, was an English novelist and translator, best known for his Aubrey–Maturin series of sea novels set in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars, and cen ...

as Sebastian *

Marie Ney Marie may refer to: People Name * Marie (given name) * Marie (Japanese given name) * Marie (murder victim), girl who was killed in Florida after being pushed in front of a moving vehicle in 1973 * Marie (died 1759), an enslaved Cree person in ...

as Norton *

Tasso Kavadia Anastasia (Tasso) Kavadia ( el, Τασσώ Καββαδία; 10 January 1921 – 18 December 2010) was a Greek film and television actress. Biography Kavadia was born on 10 January 1921 in Patras. She studied piano in Athens, writing and ...

* Lydia Vasileiadou * Jane Cobb *

Robin Fife Robin may refer to: Animals * Australasian robins, red-breasted songbirds of the family Petroicidae * Many members of the subfamily Saxicolinae (Old World chats), including: ** European robin (''Erithacus rubecula'') **Bush-robin ** Forest ...

* Nikos Ignatiadis *

Giannis Voglis Giannis Voglis ( el, Γιάννης Βόγλης; 30 September 1937 – 20 April 2016) was a Greek actor. Biography Voglis was born in Athens and he studied at Pelos Katselis' drama academy. His father was from Asia Minor and his mother from ...

Nikos Pilavios Nikos ( el, Νίκος, ''Níkos'') is a Greek given name. It originates from Greek ''Nikolaos'', which means "victory of the people".Liddell & Scott, Abridged Greek Lexicon Although used as a proper first name, Nikos is also a popular nickname of ...

as Nestor * Phaedon Georgitsis *

Michalis Nikolinakos Michalis Nikolakos or Mihalis Nikolakkos (Greek: Μιχάλης Νικολινάκος, 1923 – 1994) was a Greek theatrical and cinematic actor. He was born in 1923 in Alyka, Laconia, in the southeastern Peloponnese. In his childhood years, ...

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References

External links

* 1960 films Greek drama films 1960s Greek-language films 1960 drama films Greek black-and-white films Films directed by Michael Cacoyannis {{Greece-film-stub