“The Loner” film review

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December 25, 2025

The first Greek spaghetti western is coming to cinemas from December 25 from New Star The dust rises, the horses foam, and the lonely rider never looks back... Silence takes revenge and no one returns himself... THE LONER is a tribute to that forgotten effort and puts the Greek western back in the spotlight. With references to Leone, Nero and Montgomery Wood, THE LONER brings back a time when cinema smelled of gunpowder, leather and silence Tough, austere, poetic and relentless, it confronts a 60-year-old myth and confronts it with respect and courage.

The film follows the hero's journey from innocence to violence, from loss to redemption, in dry, merciless landscapes, where man has only his weapon and his memory.

With clear references to Sergio Leone, Franco Nero and the entire school of spaghetti westerns, the film comes to fill a gap of almost a century — as the only Greek western of 1928, Three Greeks in America, was never screened due to the destruction of its copy.

96 years after the loss of the first Greek western in 1928, it brings Greece back to the world of the myth of the Wild West.

A bold descent into the heart of the myth of the Wild West, by a creator who does not hesitate to take on an entire film genre. Takis Vogopoulos' THE LONER is not just a new Greek film: it is the first authentic Greek revival of the spaghetti western, a tribute to the dust, the blood, the avenger's gaze that does not forget.

A film that brings to Greece a cinema of another era, distant but familiar to those who grew up with the tough anti-heroes of the 60s and 70s. And he does it boldly, without fear of the low budget, the difficult undertaking or the demanding form of the genre.

The Loner

 

The Loner – International title

 

A 2025 Greek film production [New Star Productions (Athens)]

Producer: Takis Vogopoulos

Director: Takis Vogopoulos

Story: Takis Vogopoulos

Screenplay: Takis Vogopoulos

Cinematography: Antonis Vogopoulos [color]

Music: Takis Vogopoulos

     Song: “The Very First Time” sung by Amalia Tzitzi

Running time: 85 minutes

 

Cast:

The Loner - Takis Vogopoulos

Dolores - Maria Epitropaki

Truhiljo Cobra Grande - Panagiotis Pitros

With: Nikos Drosakis, Spyros Andreas Papadatos, Eos Antonopoulou, Καπετάν Σουλιώτης, Αντώνης Συμεωνάκης, Sotiris Katsimaglis, Dimitris Gaitanis, Antonis Mandranis, Nektarios Souldatos, Thanasis Stefosis

 

Texas 1923. A peaceful photographer turns into a ruthless avenger after the gruesome murder of his pregnant wife. Trailer from the first Greek western, written, directed and produced by Takis Vogopoulos.