BITTER SNOW
synopsis
The story takes place in 1941, when a Greek soldier named Andreas accidentally kills a German soldier. For a long time he lives with his feelings of guilt buried deep inside. Many years go by. Andreas grows very old and then suddenly one day the memories return. He decides that he wants to return the personal belongings that he took from the dead German soldier to his family, in order to honor the dead man’s memory and so that he can make finally peace with himself. But Andreas suffers a stroke and is unable to carry out his plan. The only person left to fulfil his wish is his granddaughter Mirto.
original title: | Bitter Snow |
country: | Greece, Czech Republic |
year: | 2009 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Yorgos Agathonikiadis |
film run: | 95' |
screenplay: | Yorgos Agathonikiadis |
cast: | Anna Iris, Yorgos Velentzas, Costas Laskos, Eva Klanova, Costas Yalinis, Jiri Kraus, Gerasimos Mavros, Christos Panayotelis, Martina Simickova, Meri Razi |
cinematography by: | Yorgos Papadopoulos, Martin Studecky, Periklis Mathielis |
film editing: | Jiri Calkovsky |
art director: | Anastasia Palapanidou, Jan Zerrich |
costumes designer: | Elena Horská, Andreas Gangas |
music: | Dusan Holy |
producer: | Eleni Agathonikiadou |
production: | Blue Nemesis Productions, Czech Television studio Brno |