Stefanos Kiriakidis
| Erotas Έρωτας |
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Gregoris Valtinos and Vasia Panagopoulou (Season 2-3)
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| Created by | Vana Dimitriou Kostas Kostopoulos |
| Starring |
Koralia Karanti Gregoris Valtinos Stefanos Kiriakidis Adamantia Kontogiorgi Noni Ioannidou Dimitri Liakopoulos |
| Narrated by | Koralia Karanti (flashbacks) |
| Opening theme | Pezi o Erotas by Giorgos Perris |
| Ending theme | Pezi o Erotas (instrumental) by Giorgos Perris |
| Country of origin | Greece |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 700 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Ena Productions |
| Location(s) |
Athens, Greece Mykonos, Greece London, England Paris, France Rome, Italy |
| Running time | 42 min. approximately |
| Release | |
| Original network | ANT1 |
| Picture format |
480i (SDTV), 720p (HDTV) |
| Original release | September 8, 2005 – May 30, 2008 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Based on The Bold and the Beautiful |
| External links | |
| Website | tv |
Erotas (Greek: Έρωτας; English translation: Love) is a Greek television soap opera revolving around the private lives of wealthy Athenian families. It aired on the ANT1 network from September 8, 2005 until May 30, 2008 in Greece and Australia.
The final five episodes of the series were the highest rating episodes of the series in its history, with over 4,250,000 watching, on average, in Greece. The series was also aired in Cyprus, United Kingdom, Mexico, Germany, Australia, United States and Canada.
Many critics commented that many of its plotlines were based loosely on those of The Bold and the Beautiful, however the pace of these storylines was much faster in Erotas than B&B.
The plot itself surrounded the disappearance of Antigoni Douka and the trouble she caused for those around her when she was returned to her family by Vera Douka, committing many crimes, as a result of psychological damage from seeing her father abuse her mother when she was aged four. It also surrounded the highs and lows of Myrto Anagnostou's, Stefanos Doukas's and Ektoras Anagnostou's extended family of children, ex-husbands/wives/girlfriends, long lost friends and other relatives. Their storylines often revolved around topics such as murder, kidnapping, espionage, and fraud and rarely around the central theme of love directly. Many critics commented that the characters were always unhappy and have all entered jail at some point, except the protagonist Myrto Anagnostou. The writers integrated themes of love and passion and dialogue these themes through the trials, tribulations and daily lives of their main characters.
Uproar among fans arose in early 2007, during the storyline of Mirto's kidnapping when the writers led the fans to believe that she was dead. The writers admitted in early 2008 that were unsure themselves at the time whether or not the character would , and therefore "unintentionally" left viewers hanging in the balance while they made their decision. They eventually concluded that the character would have died, however she was not killed due to negative audience reaction expected, similar to that after the death of character Vera Douka in late 2006. Koralia Karanti renewed her contract until the end of the series, on August 25, 2007 and remained on the show for the entire series, appearing in every episode.
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