Stella Movie Review 1955

Mercouri's film debut has her as a free-spirited bar singer who gets involved in a tragic romantic triangle with a middle-class writer and a local football hero. Melodramatic but Mercouri's earthy joie de vivre is already apparent. In Greek with English subtitles.

Distribution

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Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 94 minutes.
Originally from Greek.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Romantic Drama, Tragedy, Romantic Triangles

Screenplay

Michael Cacoyannis

Cast

Melina Mercouri, Yiorgo Fountas, Aiekos Alexandrikis, Sophia Vembo

Cinematography

Costa Theodorides

Director

Michael Cacoyannis

Music

Manos Hadjidakis