The Lake of Sighs

The Lake of Sighs

82 mins | Drama, Romance, History | Jan. 1, 1959

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…

The Lake of Sighs

82 mins | Drama, Romance, History | Jan. 1, 1959

The Lake of Sighs
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…
Producers Karagiannis-Karatzopoulos
Original title Η Λίμνη των Στεναγμών
Directors Grigoris Grigoriou
Writers Grigoris Grigoriou

Cast

Irene Papas

as Frosyni

Andreas Barkoulis

as Muhtar Pasha

Tzavalas Karousos

as Ali Pasha

Theano Ioannidou

as Hanife

Eleni Zafeiriou

as Ayah

Dimitris Kalivokas

as Ioannis Kolettis

Roula Chrysopoulou

as Zeibede