cover by Minos Matsas of a 1950 song (S.Peristeris-M.Margaritis), originally performed by Sotiria Bellou. This was released prior to the series, in Andriana Babali's The Rose Tattoo album (Minos EMI ©2009). The principal composer of the series musical score is Minos Matsas. The official album Soundtrack was released on 4 December 2010 by Minos EMI and contain songs performed by Dimitris Mitropanos, Andriana Babali, Eleonora Zouganeli and Giannis Haroulis. Synopsis Based on the novel The Island by Victoria Hislop, the series takes place on the island of Spinalonga, off the coast of Crete, and in the village of Plaka which lies within swimming distance across it. To Nisi tells the story of Alexis Fielding, a woman on the cusp of a life-changing decision. Alexis knows little about her family's past and has always resented her mother for refusing to discuss it. She knows only that her mother, Sofia, grew up in Plaka, a small Cretan village, before moving to London, England. Making her first visit to Crete to see the village where her mother was born, Alexis discovers that the village of Plaka faces the small, now deserted island of Spinalonga, which she is surprised to learn was Greece's leper colony for much of the 20th century. At Plaka, Alexis meets an old friend of her mother's, Fotini, who is prepared to tell her the entire tragic story of her family that Sofia has spent her life concealing—the story of Eleni, her grandmother, and of a family torn apart by war and passion. Alexis discovers how intimately she is connected with the island, along with the horror and pity of the leper colony which was once there. Cast and characters There are more than 120 roles in the series, with more than 500 supporting actors. Main characters Stelios Mainas as Giorgos Petrakis, a fisherman who lives in Plaka with his wife Eleni and two daughters Maria and Anna. Katerina Lehou as Eleni Petraki, Giorgos' wife and the schoolteacher of Plaka. Aimilios Heilakis as Manolis Vandoulakis, Alexandos Vandoulakis's nephew Alexandros Logothetis as Nikos Kiritsis, a doctor at the hospital in Heraklion and Dr. Lapakis's friend. Gioulika Skafida (adult), Anastasia Tsilimpiou (child), as Maria Petraki, Giorgos and Eleni's daughter and Anna's sister. Evgenia Dimitropoulou (adult) and Ifigeneia Tzola (child) as Anna Petraki, Giorgos and Eleni's youngest daughter and Maria's sister Evgenia Dimitropoulou as Alexis Fielding, Sofia's daughter and Eleni's great granddaughter. Giannis