Sappho

Sappho

Sappho

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Sappho

"Love has no rules."

2008

1h 26m

4.3(55 votes)

Drama

Romance

Overview

On honeymoon on the island of Lesbos, a woman falls for the daughter of a Russian archaeologist.

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Cast & Crew

9 members

Acting

Avalon Barrie

Sappho Lovell

Avalon Barrie

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Todd Soley

Phil Lovell

Todd Soley

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Lyudmila Shiryaeva

Helene Orlov

Lyudmila Shiryaeva

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Богдан Ступка

Professor Orlov

Богдан Ступка

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Elissaios Vlachos

Dionisios

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Vassilis Psychogiopoulos

Barber

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Oksana Osipova

Maria

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Sergey Kosenko

Christos

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Directing

Αλέξανδρος Λεονταρίτης

narrator

Αλέξανδρος Λεονταρίτης

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