A Girl in Black

A Girl in Black
The film poster
Directed by	Michael Cacoyannis
Produced by	Hermes Film
Written by	Mihalis Kakogiannis (Michael Cacoyannis)
Starring	Ellie Lambeti Dimitris Horn Giorgos Foundas Eleni Zafeiriou Stephanos Stratigos Notis Peryalis Nikos Fermas Anestis Vlahos Thanasis Veggos
Music by	Arghyris Kounadis
Cinematography	Walter Lassally
Edited by	Emilios Proveleggios
Release dates	1956
Running time	100 minutes
Country	Greece
Language	Greek

A Girl in Black (Greek: Το Κορίτσι με τα Μαύρα) is a 1956 Greek dramatic film by the Cypriot director Michael Cacoyannis starring Dimitris Horn and Ellie Lambeti. The film takes place on the Greek island of Hydra, where two Athenian visitors become entangled in local feuds after one of them falls in love with a local girl.

It was one of the first Greek films to achieve international recognition (Golden Globe award).

Cast

• Ellie Lambeti as Marina
• Dimitris Horn as Pavlos
• Giorgos Foundas as Hristos
• Eleni Zafiriou as Froso
• Stephanos Stratigos as Panagis
• Notis Peryalis as Antonis
• Anestis Vlahos as Mitsos
• Thanassis Veggos as policeman

Awards

The film was among the six Best Foreign Language Film award winners of the 14th Golden Globe Awards.^[1] It was also nominated for a Golden Palm Award at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival.^[2]

References

External links

• The Girl in Black at the Internet Movie Database