| The Downhill | |
| Native Name: | |
| Director: | Giannis Dalianidis |
| Starring: | Zoe Laskari Nikos Kourkoulos Vangelis Voulgaridis Pantelis Zervos Kostas Voutsas Mirka Kalatzopoulou Nitsa Marouda Eleni Zafeirou |
| Music: | Kostas Kapnisis |
| Cinematography: | Nikos Dimopoulos |
| Editing: | Petros Lykas |
| Distributor: | Finos Films |
| Runtime: | 104 minutes |
| Country: | Greece |
| Language: | Greek |
The Downfall (Greek, Modern (1453-);: O Katiforos, Greek, Modern (1453-);: Ο Κατήφορος) is a 1961 Greek drama film made by Finos Films. It was directed by Giannis Dalianidis and starring Zoi Laskari, Nikos Kourkoulos, Vangelis Voulgaridis and Pantelis Zervos.[1] [2] [3] [4]
The movie made 161,331 tickets first class cinemas in Athens and Piraeus.
A group of Greek youngster in the early 1960s, lead their lives ignoring their parents. Three of them are: Rea (Zoe Laskari), whose parents do not pay much attention to the carefree way of life she leads, Costas (Nikos Kourkoulos), Rea's boyfriend, who comes from a broken home and is secretly engaging in love affairs with other girls and Petros (Vangelis Voulgaridis), who is a kind and gentle person and is also in love with Rea. Their main concern is the same as most of the 1960s youngsters, i.e. going to parties where we can see the decadent way in which they have fun (passionate dancing, kissing, striptease etc.). A few days later, Rea learns about Costas' promiscuous life, dumps him and decides to have an affair with Petros. Costas, in order to get his revenge, arranges a meeting in a park where he abandons her naked. After humiliating her like that, he has an affair with her sister, Lena (Mirka Kalantzopoulou). Rea gets furious and wanting to protect her sister from that evil person, kills him. She is led to court, where her attorney is her own father, and after a very long trial, Lena reveals the true reason the crime took place, an action that helps Rea get a lighter sentence.[5] [6]