
Strangers on a Train(1951)
A charming psychopath tries to coerce a tennis star into his theory that two strangers can commit the perfect crime by exchanging murders—each killing the other’s most-hated person.


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.

Toula Stathopoulou
Eleni

Yannis Totsikas
Hristos Gikas

Thanos Grammenos
Eleni's Brother
Petros Hoedas
Prosecutor

Mihalis Fotopoulos
Kostas Gousis
Yannis Balaskas
Police Officer
Mersoula Kapsali
Eleni's Sister-in-Law
Fokas Kapsalis
Alekos Alexiou
Police Inspector
Nikos Alevras
Prosecutor's Assistant
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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