Season 2 • Episode 27
LatestMay 1895. Our story begins when the family of George Pavlides engages their 12-year-old son, Miltos, with the 9-year-old daughter of Michalis Nikolaidis, Ifigenia. The attacks of fanatical Turks will force the two families to flee their homeland. The two youngsters will meet again in Istanbul 11 years later. Unaware of the family relationship that binds them, they instantly fall in love. The two lovers try to live their love, while being dragged by the whirlwind of historical events of the time.
Production
Ottoman-era Istanbul recreated with obsessive period detail.
Acting
Pantousi and Sofianos sell impossible chemistry under impossible circumstances.
Writing
59 episodes and the tension never lets you breathe easy.
Creator
Charis Tsirkinidis
Anastasia Pantousi
Ifigenia Nikolaidi
Omiros Poulakis
Dimosthenis Mantas
Pavlos Kourtidis
Hristodoulou Pavlos
Filippos Sofianos
Dimitrios
Konstantinos Kazakos
Michalis Nikolaidis
Fotini Demiri
Barbara
Sotiris Hatzakis
Zaharof
Anna Magou
Anthi
Lambros Ktenavos
Osman
Petros Xekoukis
Hotzas
Maria Papafotiou
Angeliki
Takis Sakellariou
Georgios
Mihalis Markatis
Lazos
Dimitra Sigala
Eleni
Efthymis Georgopoulos
Emir
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Reflects the 1890s Pontic Greek experience and the later genocide that devastated these communities.
The title references both a literal river and the river of blood in Greek collective memory of Ottoman violence.
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