Brides ( Nyfes ) ( Vozrasheeniye )

Brides (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Nyfes
Alternate Title: Vozrasheeniye
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Moscow International Film Festival
Thessaloniki Film Festival

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Greek ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
128 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2004 and produced in:
Greece ( Italy, Greece )

Directed By:
Pantelis Voulgaris

Written By:
Ioanna Karystiani

Actors:
Damian Lewis ..... Norman Harris
Victoria Haralabidou ..... Niki Douka
Andréa Ferréol ..... Emine
Evi Saoulidou ..... Haro
Dimitris Katalifos ..... Captain
Eirini Inglesi ..... Miss Kardaki
Evelina Papoulia ..... Marion
Steven Berkoff ..... Karaboulat
Ignatios Axis ..... Little girl 2
Carolina Bikebits ..... Girl from Epirus
Angeliki Karistinou ..... Olga
Liza Kouznetsova ..... Groom
Alexander Leontaritis ..... Little girl
Romanna Lobats ..... Prodromos
Yorgos Makris ..... Yelena
Eleni Roussinou ..... Kostas
Olga Sarrikosta ..... Nikolas
Kostas Sommer
Apostolis Totsikas

Synopsis:

American photojournalist Norman Harris (Damian Lewis) is about to return home to his wife in Detroit, disillusioned with work and life after having his images of the Greece-Turkey war rejected for being too artistic. Meanwhile in Samothrace, Greece, a young seamstress called Niki Douka (Victoria Haralabidou) is preparing her bags for Chicago where she is to marry a tailor she's never met. Norman and Niki find themselves on the same ship bound for America. Norman is travelling fi rst class. Niki is in third class, sharing the cramped space with seven hundred mail order brides from every corner of Greece, Turkey, Russia and Armenia. In heir suitcases each bride carries a photo of her prospective groom and a wedding gown. Sleazy bridal agent Karaboulat (Steven Berkoff) is official chaperone or the Russian brides, but he has a secret and sinister agenda for some of his charges. While the other first class passengers drink and dance the night away, Norman worries about the plight of the brides. But it's the spirited Niki who really catches his eye, his feelings for her are deeper than anything he's ever felt before.

In 1922, with the Greco-Turkish War and the Russia Civil War, the women from these countries find husband in the United States through correspondence with immigrants. The bride Eleni returns from the United States to Samothrace, Greece, since she has not adapted to the life in America. Her sister Niki Douka is assigned as her replacement and travels aboard the SS King Alexander to New York to marry the Greek immigrant Prodromos in Chicago. Nikki is a hard worker and works sewing along the trip for the passengers and crew. She becomes a leader of the brides and discovers the scheme of the crook Karabulat from Georgia with the Russian brides. She also falls in love with the American photographer Norman Harris from Detroit. But Nikki is committed with Prodromos and she knows the consequence with her family in Samothrace if she runs away with Norman.

Set in 1922, is the story of a mail order bride, one of 700, aboard the SS KING ALEXANDER, who falls in love with an American photographer. She is bound for her new husband, in New York; he is on his way home to a failed marriage.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 02 October, 2008.

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