To Kokkino Potami Explained

Creator:Charis Tsirkinidis
Opentheme:Kokkino Potami performed by Eleonora Zouganeli
Endtheme:Kokkino Potami performed by Eleonora Zouganeli
Theme Music Composer:Christos Papadopoulos
Country:Greece
Runtime:41-44 minutes
Company:Telekinisi S.A.
Channel:Open TV
Num Seasons:2
Num Episodes:59
Director:Manousos Manousakis
Camera:Multi-camera

The Red River (Greek: Το Κόκκινο Ποτάμι, Romanized: To Kokkino Potami) is a Greek-language historical television series, directed by Manousos Manousakis for Open TV in 2019,[1] to 2023 [2] based on the homonymous historical novel by Charis Tsirkinidis, and concerns real events surrounding the Greek Genocide.

This is the most expensive production in the history of Greek television with a total cost of over 4 million euros.

On October 6, 2019, Open TV started broadcasting To Kokkino Potami every Sunday at 9:00pm. It continued on May 24, 2020, after the break because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Greece, at 10:00pm. The last episode was broadcast on July 13, 2020.[3]

Starred by Ioannis Papazisis, Anastasia Pantousi, Tania Tripi, Konstantinos Kazakos, Takis Vamvakidis, Tatiana Papamoschou, Argiris Pantazaras and Chara Mata Giannatou.[4] [5] [6] [7]

Plot

The series is about a love story at the beginning of the 20th century, during the years of persecution of the Greeks of Pontus by the Ottoman Empire. The story begins in the town of Akdağmadeni in the Prefecture of Ankara, in May 1895, when the family of Georgios Pavlidis is engaged to their 9-year-old son, Miltos, to the 7-year-old Iphigenia, daughter of Michalis Nikolaidis.

An engagement of expediency, as was customary at that time, as, according to Muslim law, if a girl was engaged, she was considered dishonored and was not allowed to become a Muslim woman. The attacks of the fanatical Turks forced the two families to leave their place, with the Pavlidis family settling in Samsun and the Nikolaidis family in Constantinople. The two young people met by chance again in Constantinople, after 11 years and, without knowing the family relationship that binds them, they fell in love.[8]

Cast

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Also main

Other cast

Filming locations

Most of the indoors scenes were made in studios. Some scenes were shot in St. Petersburg, Russia and Paris, France. Despite much of the series being set in Pontus, Turkey many scenes that include the town of Sampsounta (Samsun) were filmed in the old town of Xanthi, in northern Greece while others were made in Trikala and Veria. Also a few scenes that include Pontians that were hanged, were shot at the former retirement home in Athens (Gyrokomeio). Also it is noted that the scenes set on the platforms of the Paris train station Gare du Nord were most probably filmed in the main railway station of Athens, Larissa Station. A fun fact is that a goat appeared while making the series and it was adopted by one of the actors who named it Potamaki.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: https://www.ethnos.gr/lifestyle/tileorasi/65065_kokkino-potami-sygkinisi-gia-tin-apopsini-premiera-tis-yperparagogis-toy. el:Κόκκινο Ποτάμι: Συγκίνηση για την αποψινή πρεμιέρα της υπερπαραγωγής του Open. 2019-10-06. el:Έθνος. el. 2020-01-21.
  2. Web site: https://www.epeisodia.gr/to-kokkino-potami-teleytaio-epeisodio-1922-i-megali-itta/ .
  3. Web site: https://www.news247.gr/media/tiletheasi-protia-gia-to-kokkino-potami-sarose-stin-premiera.7511899.html. el:Τηλεθέαση: Πρωτιά για το "Κόκκινο Ποτάμι" - Σάρωσε στην πρεμιέρα. 7 October 2019. news247.gr. News247 . April 5, 2020.
  4. Web site: https://www.gossip-tv.gr/media-tv/story/620550/kokkino-potami-ta-alithina-prosopa-piso-apo-toys-iroes-photos . el:Κόκκινο ποτάμι: Τα αληθινά πρόσωπα πίσω από τους ήρωες (Photos) . Gossip-tv.gr . el . January 21, 2020.
  5. Web site: https://www.ethnos.gr/lifestyle/tileorasi/39524_manoysakis-sto-ethnos-gia-kokkino-potami-apo-tin-istoria-anagnorizoyme. el:Μανουσάκης στο Έθνος για το «Κόκκινο Ποτάμι»: Από την ιστορία αναγνωρίζουμε την ταυτότητά μας. 2019-05-19. el:Έθνος. el. 2020-01-21.
  6. Web site: https://www.tvopen.gr/tokokkinopotami/about. el:Το κόκκινο ποτάμι About. www.tvopen.gr. 2020-01-21.
  7. Web site: el:Αυτοί οι ηθοποιοί θα πρωταγωνιστήσουν στη σειρά του Μανουσάκη στο Open. http://www.metrosport.gr/afti-ithopii-tha-protagonistisoun-sti-sira-tou-manousaki-sto-open-190262. Metrosport. March 19, 2019.
  8. Web site: Το Κόκκινο Ποτάμι: H avant premiere της υπερπαραγωγής που ξεκινά την Κυριακή (pics+vid). 2019-10-03. Έθνος. el. 2020-01-21.

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