Mimis Fotopoulos
1913 - 1986
Η Κάλπικη Λίρα
Yorgos Tzavellas
Vasilis Logothetidis, Ilia Livykou
Four stories, humorous, romantic or dramatic, are linked by a counterfeit gold sovereign. It is made by the honest engraver in the first story, seduced by the charms of a young widow, and it subsequently passes into the hands of a beggar and a prostitute, a wealthy miser and a newly married couple where the husband is a poor artist.
The Counterfeit Coin
Οι Γερμανοί Ξανάρχονται
Alekos Sakellarios
Vasilis Logothetidis, Nitsa Tsaganea
4 years after the Nazi occupation in Greece, the Greeks are involved in a Civil War and they are killing each other. Theodoros, a quiet and modest man, disgusted and disappointed, falls asleep and has a nightmare. Hitler is alive and the Nazis strike back with new, more powerful weapons.
The Germans Strike Again
Ούτε γάτα, ούτε ζημιά
Alekos Sakellarios
Vasilis Logothetidis, Mimis Fotopoulos
Lalakis is married with Poppe. He goes on a trip to Salonique by train, with his mistress, pretending that he has business there to attend. After his wife found out the truth about the motive of her husbands trip, finally accepts the proposition of Nikos, a man who was in love with her for a long time, and they go to a little village called Thyrassia, which has also a train station. By accident Lalakis and his mistress get down at the same station just to rest a bit but they manage somehow to lose the train. The train station manager hosts both of the couples at his house for the night and unfortunately introduces everybody..
No Harm's Done
Λατέρνα, Φτώχεια Και Φιλότιμο
Alekos Sakellarios
Mimis Fotopoulos, Vasilis Avlonitis
Two poor portable barrel piano players ramble through Greek countryside and play in fairs. They meet by chance with a rich runaway girl whose father offers a large reward to her finders.They have to choose between getting the reward or helping the girl with her renegade love affair.
The Hurdy-Gurdy
Ο Φανούρης και το σόι του
Dimitris Ioannopoulos
Mimis Fotopoulos, Gelly Mavropoulou
A good-natured paterfamilias who is struggling to make ends meet rests his hopes on his successful expatriate brother to finally see their older sister get married. However, is the wealthy sibling willing to help?
Fanouris and His Kin
Μαγική Πόλη
Nikos Koundouros
George Foundas, Margarita Papageorgiou
A look at poverty in post-war Athens. Kosmas, a young man living in the slums, constantly tries to make ends meet, hoping for a better day. Because of debts, he gets tangled up in smuggling. His morals are tested and he tries to find a way out.
The Magic City
Τα τέσσερα σκαλοπάτια
Giorgos Zervos
Zinet Lakaz, Dinos Iliopoulos
Surrounded by wealth, an impecunious young lady leaves home and the suave man of her dreams to spread her wings in Athens. But, he refuses to give up on her. Will she ever know that love awaits at the villa with the four marble stairs?
The 4 Stairs
Έλα στο θείο
Nikos Tsiforos
Smaroula Giouli, Nikos Stavridis
Antonis is the nephew of the good-hearted grocer Harilaos Toukouras. He is slothful and lazy but he is the only heir to his uncle, who considers marriage as the only solution to his nephew’s problems. That’s why he is looking for a bride for him by checking the newspaper ads. Due to a printing error, an ad for the sale of a sewing machine appears in the personal ads column, bringing uncle and nephew to the house of a serious and honest estate agent who has two single sisters.
Come to Uncle
Γκόλφω
Orestis Laskos
Antigoni Valakou, Georgios Glinos
Spiridon Peresiadis (1864 - 1918) was one of the best writers of the dramatic idylls and mountain adventure genre that flourished into the late nineteenth century in Greece. In 1894, Peresiadis wrote Golfo, a story of love, jealousy and betrayal. In a village near Mount Helmos where the waters of the River Styx of Mavroneri flow, the young Golfo and Tassos swear eternal love to one another. True to her word, Golfo rejects a nobleman who wishes to marry her, but Tassos breaks his oath and agrees to wed a rich young woman instead. When he changes his mind, it is too late and the forces of destiny continue to their inevitable conclusion
Golfo-Girl of the Mountains
