Rembetiko

Director: Costas Ferris Costas Ferris

Overview

The Rembetiko is a dance and a type of Eastern-influenced popular music characterized by sad, sometime politically subversive lyrics. The popularity of this dance among Smyrna refugees who fled to Greece in the '30s is chronicled. Also chronicled is the grim life of a famed Rembetiko singer, Marika Ninou.

Product Details

Release Date:	01/26/2010
UPC:	0736899110420
Original Release:	1983
Source:	Facets
Region Code:	A
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	2:30:00
Sales rank:	43,684

Special Features

40 minutes of additional footage; Rembetiko: Singing the blues, a Facets cine-notes collectable booklet

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Vicky Vanita	Rosa
Konstantinos Tzoumas	Juan
Giorgos Zorbas	Thomas
Sotiria Leonardou	Marika Ninou
Nikos Kalogeropoulos	Bobbis
Nikos Dimitratos	Panagis
Themis Bazaka	Adrianna
Michalis Maniatis	Giorgakis
Stavros Xarchakos	Composer

Technical Credits

Sotiria Leonardou

Costas Ferris

Sotiria Leonardou	Screenwriter
Gary Kurfirst	Producer
Costas Ferris	Director,Screenwriter
Georges Zervoulakos	Producer