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The Noose
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The Noose

1987-10-01 · Runtime unavailable · ★ 7.8

Drama · Action

In the fall of 1948, shortly before the end of the civil war in Greece, six young leftists traveled to Athens, boarded a plane to Thessaloniki, and forced the pilot to fly them to neighboring Yugoslavia, where they would seek political asylum along with other comrades. Their plan went off without a hitch and went down in history as the first hijacking ever.

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Directors
Kostas Koutsomitis
Production companies
ERT, Elliniko Kentro Kinimatographou, Profit
Countries
Greece
Status
Released

Top Cast

Socrates AlafouzosSocrates AlafouzosAhilleas
Vladimiros KiriakidisVladimiros KiriakidisGiorgos
Stelios PavlouStelios PavlouSpyros
Dimitris KarambetsisAntonis
Aias ManthopoulosAias ManthopoulosAlekos
Gerasimos SkiadaresisGerasimos SkiadaresisLambis
Christos KalavrouzosChristos KalavrouzosCondemned
Antonis KatsarisAntonis KatsarisMaravitsas
Giorgos MihalakopoulosGiorgos MihalakopoulosMember of Parliament
Giorgos MoshidisGiorgos MoshidisMr. Kafetzoglou
Yorgos PapadimitrakisYorgos PapadimitrakisPilot
Timos PerlegasTimos PerlegasColonel
Anna FonsouAnna FonsouMary
Akis DrakoulinakosSecond Lieutenant
Thodoros ExarhosThodoros ExarhosUncle
Zozo ZarpaZozo ZarpaHysteric
Giorgos KyritsisGiorgos KyritsisAirport Director
Tasos KostisTasos KostisMerchant
Konstantinos TsakonasAeroelegktis
Cathleen LyonsMs Kermy

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