A reporter notices an old man in a border town who may be an important Greek politician who disappeared mysteriously years ago.
Direction
Angelopoulos's signature long takes become pure meditation.
Cinematography
Mist-shrouded borders shot like dreamscape limbo.
Acting
Mastroianni's silence speaks entire political collapses.
Director
Theo Angelopoulos
Gregory Patrick Karr
Alexandre the Reporter
Marcello Mastroianni
Missing Politician
Jeanne Moreau
The Woman
Dora Hrysikou
The Girl
Ilias Logothetis
Colonel
Dimitris Poulikakos
Chief Photographer
Gerasimos Skiadaresis
Waiter
Mihalis Giannatos
Shopkeeper
Akis Sakellariou
Sound Operator
Athinodoros Prousalis
Hotelkeeper
Christoforos Nezer
Parliament's President
Nadia Mourouzi
Alexandre's Friend
Vasilis Bouyiouklakis
Production Manager
Tasos Apostolou
Perchman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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