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Master of the Shadows

7.019911h 45mMovieDrama

Shadow puppetry is not only part of the heritage of East Asia; Greece had its own traditional form of this popular art. In this leisurely drama, set in 1950s Athens, Antonis Barkis (Kostas Kasakos) is the master puppeteer for a traditional…

DirectorLefteris Xanthopoulos
WritersLefteris Kaponis·Lefteris Xanthopoulos
ProducersLefteris Xanthopoulos·Aglaia Latsiou

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Cast · Directed by Lefteris Xanthopoulos

KKKostas Kazakos
Kostas Kazakos
Αντώνης Μπάρκας
STStratos Tzortzoglou
Stratos Tzortzoglou
Θεοφάνης
DMDora Masklavanou
Dora Masklavanou
Αγγέλα
GNGiorgos Ninios
Giorgos Ninios
Άγγελος
VBVlassis Bonatsos
Vlassis Bonatsos
Σίμος
PK
Patis Koutsaftis
Γιώργος
APAthinodoros Prousalis
Athinodoros Prousalis
Λάμπρος
TGThanos Grammenos
Thanos Grammenos
NM
Nina Michalopoulou
Δήμητρα
GM
Giorgos Manolas
Σπουργίτης
VP
Vasilis Papavasileiou
γιατρός
DY
Dimitris Yiannakopoulos
Κατσίμπαλης

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