COSMOTE TV's new fiction production "17 Threads", based on true events, will premiere on Monday, January 22nd. The 6-episode series, written by Mirella Papakonomou - Katia Kissonergi and directed by Sotiris Tsafoulias, will be shown every Monday at 23:00 exclusively on COSMOTE CINEMA 1HD. Immediately after its airing on the channel, each new episode of the series will be available on demand in 4K resolution.
The series is set in the years 1906-1909 in Kythera and chronicles one of the most mass murders the country has ever known. The central character of the story is Antonis, a peaceful shoemaker played by Panos Vlachos. Antonis is a likeable person until the moment he is accused of making immoral advances to a married client. After this incident, the local community forces him on the run. He moves to Piraeus but is unable to get back on his feet. History repeats itself in the big city, leaving Antonis angry and bitter towards the world. Unable to manage his anger, he decides to return to Kythera and take revenge.
Panos Vlachos is accompanied by a large cast of Greek actors, consisting of: Athena Tsilyra, Thodoris Katsafados, Marina Psaltis, Kostas Flockatoulas, Kostas Filippoglou, Manos Vakousis, Taxiarchis Hano, Fotis Thomaidis, Thanos Tokakis, Denia Stasinopoulou, Melina Vampoula, Natasha Exidavelloni, Alkisti Poulopoulou, Irini Ioannou-Papanefytou, Stella Antipa, Christos Velianos, Thrasos Stathopoulos, Tasos Sotirakis, Nikola Maragopoulos, Eleni Dafni and Nikola Drosopoulos.
Also participating in the series are: Pygmalion Dadakaridis, Dimitra Sakali, Dorothea Voutsadopoulou, Maria Kontodima, Konstantinos Tsentouros, Konstantinos Gogoulos, Mirella Papakonomou, Yannis Voulgarakis, Konstantinos Seiradakis, Fotis Petsos, George Kanellis, Kostas Rozis Apos Kypraios and Petros Hytiris.
"17 Threads", based on the book of the same name by Panos Dimakis, is produced by COSMOTE TV, while the production is executed by "Tanweer Productions".
Credits:
Production: COSMOTE TV
Script: Mirella Papakonomou, Katia Kissonergi
Direction: Sotiris Tsafoulias
Producers: Dionysis Samiotis, Natalie Douka
Executive Producers: Dimitris Michalakis, Faye Tsitsipi
Production Designer: Michalis Samiotis
Director of Photography: Claudio Bolivar
Music: Minos Matsas
Sound Recording: Panos Papadimitriou
Editing: George Georgopoulos
Costume Designer: Vasiliki Syma
Hair Stylist: Elena Paraskeva
Make-up Artist: Katerina Varthalitou
Casting: Stavros Raptis - Fin Casting