Apaches of Athens (1930)
"Oi apahides ton Athinon" (original title)

This is the adaptation of Nikos Chatziapostolou's operetta by the same name. It takes us back to the old Athens of 1920, where we watch the comical erotic adventures of an "apache". It was ... See full summary »

Director:

Dimitris Gaziadis

Writers:

Nikos Hatziapostolou (operetta), Yannis Prineas

Stars:

Petros Epitropakis, Mery Sagianou-Katseli, Stella Hristoforidou

Cast

Credited cast:
Petros Epitropakis	...	Kostas
Mery Sagianou-Katseli	...	Titika
Stella Hristoforidou	...	Vera
Yannis Prineas	...	(as Ioannis Prineas)
Petros Kyriakos
Marika Mantineiou	...	Areti
Georgios Hristoforidis	...	Xenofontas Paralis
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Vasilis Afentakis
Iraklis Halkiopoulos
Nikolaos Perdikis
Kostas Pomonis	...	(as Konstadinos Pomonis)
Maria Prinea
Titica Sofiadou
Stelios Tatasopoulos
Olga Valtetsiou

Storyline

This is the adaptation of Nikos Chatziapostolou's operetta by the same name. It takes us back to the old Athens of 1920, where we watch the comical erotic adventures of an "apache". It was presented as the first Greek sound film, with its soundtrack (songs only), played on gramophone records. The basic roles were played by opera singers, who also appeared on stage: Ioannis Prineas, Petros Kyriakos and Marina Mantineiou. The story is about an "apache" (a street-urchin, a city tramp) whom they all call "Prince" and whose real name is Kostas. Kostas saves two naive people from a brutal beating. A pretty seamstress, Titika, who happens to come by, attends to his minor wounds, and they fall in love with each other. A week later, Kostas is paid to impersonate a Byzantine prince at the reception of a newly rich family of Greek-American Xenofon Paralis, his pretty daughter Vera, and his spinster sister Areti. The family has just settled in Athens. Kostas flirts discreetly with Vera, who ...

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Plot Keywords:

falling in love | impersonation | seamstress | savior | street urchin | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Musical | Romance

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Details

Country:

Greece

Also Known As:

Apaches of Athens

Filming Locations:

Athens, Greece

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dag Film

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Silent

Color:

Black and White

Did You Know?

Trivia

First Greek sound film. The soundtrack was recorded on records.

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Connections

Version of Apaches of Athens (1953)

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