The Lake of Sighs
MovieTitle | Η Λίμνη των Στεναγμών |
User score | 5.6 |
Release date | Jan 1, 1959 |
Genre | History, Drama, Romance |
Director | Grigoris Grigoriou |
Production country | Greece |
Production companies | Karagiannis-Karatzopoulos |
Run time | 82 min. |
Ioannina, in the beginning of the 19th century. The whole Greece is under Turks. Ioannina is governed by the fierce and vulgar Ali Pasas. Ali’s eldest son, Muchtar, falls in love with a young Greek widow, Frosyni. The problem is, he’s married to the vindictive and cruel Chanife. And the muslim penalty for having an affair with a married man is death…