Athens, 1943. An apartment is requisitioned to provide accommodation for a German officer. In the apartment live the Helianos, a middle-aged couple who used to be well-off. He is an intellectual, moderate and patient. She is an anxious housewife. They have a ten-year old son who is filled with melodramatic revenge fantasies and a twelve-year old daughter. With the arrival of Captain Kalter everything is wiped out. The methodical, ascetic, cruel Kalter is a military god who inflicts terror. And the Helianos give in, submissive. They are now servants, with no identity other than their acquiescence...
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- Laura MoranteZoe Helianos
- Richard SammelCaptain Kalter
- Gerasimos SkiadaresisNikolas Helianos
- Peter Boom
- Vincenzo Crea
- Alba De Torrebruna
- Andrea Di Maggio
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- Ruggero DipaolaDirector
- Luca de BenedittisScreenplay
- Heidrun SchleefScreenplay
- Ruggero DipaolaScreenplay
- Vladan RadovićDirector of Photography
- Roberto MissiroliEditor
- Ruggero DipaolaProducer
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