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Released
1965 · FILM

Return of the Mother

A war widow, forced into prostitution to survive, faces unimaginable tragedy when her presumed-dead fiancé returns, shattering her world with the weight of shame and impossible choices.

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Runtime
92 min
Language
EL
DramaRomance

Synopsis

When a woman learns that her fiancé has been killed in an air raid during World War II, she is forced to become a prostitute in order to support herself and their child. When her fiancé, having survived the accident, returns, she ends her life, unable to hide the shame she felt for what she had to do during the years of occupation.

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Principal cast & crew: 15

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Shot by Nikos Gardelis

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