The Hunters (Greek: Οι Κυνηγοί, translit. Oi kynigoi) is a 1977 Greek dramatic art film directed by Theodoros Angelopoulos. It was entered into the 1977 Cannes Film Festival.
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Plot
The film's plot takes place at Lake Pamvotida and begins when six hunters (an industrialist, a politician, a soldier, a contractor, a former prefect and a hotelier) discover, on New Year's Eve 1977, the body of a guerrilla from the Civil War period. The group of hunters transports the body to the remote hotel where their wives are staying, and there begins an intense explosion of historical memory: an endless flashback to the last three decades and the guilt that weighs on them. Their tormenting thoughts end when they decide to return the body to where it belongs: under the snow.
Cast
Mary Chronopoulou as Mrs. Diamantis
Eva Kotamanidou as The General's wife
Aliki Georgouli as Mrs. Papadopoulos
Vangelis Kazan as Hotelier
Betty Valassi as Sawas' wife
Giorgos Danis as Industrialist
Stratos Pahis as Constructor
Christoforos Nezer as Politician
Dimitris Kaberidis as Yannis
Takis Doukakos as Military Police Chief
Nikos Kouros as Militarist