
The City and the City
Drama · Documentary
Overview
Six chapters describe the lives and perils of Thessaloniki’s Jewish community which was almost entirely exterminated by the Nazis in 1943. Past and present become an echo chamber in which the viewer experiences, aghast, the madness of humanity.
Top Cast
Vasilis Kanakis
Vasilis Kanakis
Leon
Vasilis Kanakis
Leon


Alexandros Vardaxoglou
Alexandros Vardaxoglou
Maurice
Alexandros Vardaxoglou
Maurice


Angeliki Papoulia
Angeliki Papoulia
Sarina
Angeliki Papoulia
Sarina


Argyris Xafis
Argyris Xafis
Avraam
Argyris Xafis
Avraam
Niki Papandreou
Niki Papandreou
Nina
Niki Papandreou
Nina


Themis Bazaka
Themis Bazaka
Matika
Themis Bazaka
Matika


Vasilis Karaboulas
Vasilis Karaboulas
Isaac
Vasilis Karaboulas
Isaac


Marissa Triantafyllidou
Marissa Triantafyllidou
Court clerk
Marissa Triantafyllidou
Court clerk


Marina Siotou
Marina Siotou
Sexworker
Marina Siotou
Sexworker


Laertis Malkotsis
Laertis Malkotsis
Camping owner
Laertis Malkotsis
Camping owner
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