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Reconstruction

Reconstruction

19706.91h 40m

Overview

An immigrant returns to his village after many years, only to find that no one is waiting for him. When his wife and her lover murder him, an investigator attempts to reconstruct the crime, while a film crew documents the event.

Directed by Theo Angelopoulos
Written by Thanasis Valtinos, Stratis Karras, Theo Angelopoulos
Produced by Giorgis Samiotis
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Top Cast

Toula Stathopoulou

Toula Stathopoulou

Eleni

Yannis Totsikas

Yannis Totsikas

Hristos Gikas

Thanos Grammenos

Thanos Grammenos

Eleni's Brother

P

Petros Hoedas

Prosecutor

Mihalis Fotopoulos

Mihalis Fotopoulos

Kostas Gousis

Y

Yannis Balaskas

Police Officer

M

Mersoula Kapsali

Eleni's Sister-in-Law

F

Fokas Kapsalis

A

Alekos Alexiou

Police Inspector

N

Nikos Alevras

Prosecutor's Assistant

Themes & Keywords

infidelitymountain villagemurderstrangulationbrechtian

About Reconstruction

Reconstruction is a crime, drama film released in 1970 exploring themes of infidelity, mountain village, murder, strangulation, brechtian. Directed by Theo Angelopoulos, it stars Toula Stathopoulou, Yannis Totsikas, Thanos Grammenos. An immigrant returns to his village after many years, only to find that no one is waiting for him. When his wife and her lover murder him, an investigator attempts to reconstruct the crime, while a film crew documents the event.

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