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Brides

2004 2h 8mDramaRomanceHistory

A young female character, Nikki Douka, from Samothraki, is sailing to the U.S. to fulfill a marriage contract and save her family honor. Her skills as a seamstress keep her busily sewing throughout the voyage to alter wedding dresses for the third-class voyagers. But along the way, she meets a young American photographer who is returning from the Middle East where he was snapping shots of the war in Smyrna, 1922. Her honesty, pride, and beauty attract the attention of the American who falls in love with her. Tribulations abound during the voyage, following the dramas of several unfortunate young women upon whom nasty characters preyed, as Nikki struggles with her feelings for the photographer.

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A young female character, Nikki Douka, from Samothraki, is sailing to the U.S. to fulfill a marriage contract and save her family honor. Her skills as a seamstress keep her busily sewing throughout the voyage to alter wedding dresses for the third-class voyagers. But along the way, she meets a young American photographer who is returning from the Middle East where he was snapping shots of the war in Smyrna, 1922. Her honesty, pride, and beauty attract the attention of the American who falls in love with her. Tribulations abound during the voyage, following the dramas of several unfortunate young women upon whom nasty characters preyed, as Nikki struggles with her feelings for the photographer.

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Pantelis VoulgarisPantelis VoulgarisDirectorIoanna KarystianiIoanna KarystianiWriterStamatis SpanoudakisComposerGiorgos ArvanitisGiorgos ArvanitisCinematography

Cast

Evi SaoulidouEvi SaoulidouHaro
Victoria HaralabidouVictoria HaralabidouNiki Douka
Andréa FerréolAndréa FerréolEmine
Damian LewisDamian LewisNorman Harris
Eleni RoussinouEleni RoussinouYelena
Dimitris KatalifosDimitris KatalifosCaptain
Eirini InglesiEirini InglesiMs. Kardaki
Steven BerkoffSteven BerkoffKarabulat
Elizaveta KuznetsovaElizaveta KuznetsovaOlga
Apostolis TotsikasApostolis TotsikasNikolas
Yorgos MakrisYorgos MakrisProdromos
Evelina PapouliaEvelina PapouliaMarion
Stavros KalaroglouStavros Kalaroglou
Olga DamaniOlga Damani
Argyro Michalakakou
Σοφιάννα ΘεοφάνουςΣοφιάννα ΘεοφάνουςRussian Girl (as Sofia Theofanous)

Director

Pantelis Voulgaris

Writer

Ioanna Karystiani

Release date

22 Oct 2004

Runtime

2h 8m

Language

English, Greek, Italian

Countries

Greece,United States of America,France

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