The Minor of Dawn
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The Minor of Dawn

★ 8.2/10 TMDB Premiered 1983-01-14 2 seasons 27 eps

A Greek series that presents aspects of the lives of folk musicians who formed a rebetiko band during the 1930s-1960s. The title To Minore tis Avgis comes from the song of the same name, with lyrics by Minos Matsas and music by Spyros Peristeris. The series, which premiered on ERT on January 14, 1983, and was completed in two cycles of 14 and 13 episodes respectively, features popular songs by Vamvakaris, Tsitsanis, Papaioannou, Hatzichristou, and others. Antonis Zagouras is a young rebetis who arrives in Athens from Syros in search of fortune. He becomes a member of a rebetiko band and embarks on an exciting journey full of love, success, but also many disappointments, until he gains social and artistic recognition.

Last Episode Aired 1984-04-17
S2E1 — Episode 1

The second cycle of our series takes us to German-occupied Athens. Thanasis (Timos Perlegas) now lives in Athens, as do Giorgis (Ilias Logothetis) and Dimitra (Dimitra Zeza). Vangelis (Dimitris Kataleifos), who is in prison, meets Anastasis (Nikos Chyttas), a member of the Resistance. Chara (Chara Angelousi) continues to hang out with Chrysoula (Eleni Kourkoula), who is afraid that Vangelis will be sent to Germany. Thanasis meets his neighbor Giorgos's neighbor, Nikos Tiniakos (Giorgos Dialegmenos), who reminds him of something...

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Antonis Kafetzopoulos
Antonis Kafetzopoulos
Antonis Zagkouras
Dimitris Katalifos
Dimitris Katalifos
Vangelis Aivaliotis
Dina Consta
Dina Consta
Ntina
Rika Vagiani
Rika Vagiani
Stella
Timos Perlegas
Timos Perlegas
Thanasis Bekos
Grigoris Danalis
Insane man
Hara Angelousi
Hara
Themis Bazaka
Themis Bazaka
Sylvia
Ilias Logothetis
Ilias Logothetis
Giorgos Ntozis
Chrysoula Diavati
Chrysoula Diavati
Lilika
Nikitas Astrinakis
Sousouras
Diagoras Chronopoulos
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