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Kalavryta. Mr. Mitro was also known as Asopius in the French version of the film. The film was shot in the northern village of the
Peloponnese region named Kalavryta. Astero and Thymios are both young shepherds and Thymios falls in love with Astero. The story turns into a forbidden love drama because Thymios' father did not condone of the marriage between Astero and Thymios. Meanwhile, Astero's uncle is a wealthy political prisoner in Athens and Thymios' father Mr. Mitro secretly stole Astro's inheritance that was given to her by her uncle.
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night after exhaustively searching for the young woman. The next morning a woman tells them where they can find Astro. Astro became estranged and does not recognize
Thymios. She is brought back to the farm but her condition does not improve. After some time Astro was sitting in front of her window and hears Thymios playing his flute and singing. She finally recognizes him and runs outside into his arms. The film ends with Astro and Thymios embracing with the blessing of Mr. Mitro in the presence of the village community.
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falls in love with Astro. He asks Mr. Mitro for her hand in marriage. He immediately agrees relieved that he was rid of her. On the day of the marriage between Stamos and Astro, Thymios sadly wishes them well. Eventually, Stamos accidentally falls from a cliff (scenes not included in the French copy). Astro hears howling dogs and finds Stamos dead. Astro loses her mind and wonders the mountains.
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Thymios begs Astro to run away with him to live in the mountains but she sacrifices her love for
Thymios to protect him lying that there was another man. Thymios was very angry with her. Another shepherd named Stamos arrives for the winter to tend his flock. He instantly
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The film was first screened on 22 April 1929 at the
Splendid Cinema and Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos attended the premiere. In fact, Michalis Gaziadis allegedly filmed the arrival of the prime minister. He used the footage of the prime minister's entrance at the beginning of the film. In
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Initially, the film begins in the ancient city of Athens, Greece during the late nineteen twenties featuring images of the busy streets and the
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