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Title: The Ogre of Athens (1956)
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| Cast overview: | |||
| Dinos Iliopoulos | ... | Thomas | |
| Margarita Papageorgiou | ... | Roula | |
| Giannis Argyris | ... | Hondros | |
| Thanasis Vengos | ... | Spathis | |
| Theodoros Andriakopoulos | ... | (as Thodoros Andriakopoulos) | |
| Marika Lekaki | ... | Carmen (as Maria Lekaki) | |
| Frixos Nassou | |||
| Kostas Stavrinoudakis | |||
| Manolis Vlachakis | |||
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Zizi Viopoulou | ||
| Kassi Janet | |||
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A peaceful innocent man is mistaken for a serial ravisher and killer who looks very much like him. He finds himself on the run by everyone that knows him, and finally hides inside a night club owned by small crooks. In his face, they see the leader that will give them everything they desire... Written by Chris Makrozahopoulos <makzax@hotmail.com>
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Country:
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5 March 1956 (Greece) See more »Also Known As:
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Performed by Margarita Papageorgiou
Composed by Manos Hatzidakis
Lyrics by Giorgos Emirzas
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When the film opened in Greek cinemas in 1956, it was a disaster, both critically and commercially. It was international critical hailing of the film which changed its course. Now it is recognized as one of the 10 most important Greek films of all time. See more »Soundtracks
IlisosPerformed by Margarita Papageorgiou
Composed by Manos Hatzidakis
Lyrics by Giorgos Emirzas
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This is the farce or the cothurnus about a timid man who was mistaken for the charismatic villain 'O drakos.' As soon as I hear cheerful music, it falls over suddenly. It has a good balance of tensions.
The most impressive thing was the effective use of the mirrors. It was hiding itself in the dressing room was filled with a lot of posters. I was sure that there were only posters like a mimicry at the first glance. It reminded me Pris from 'The Blade Runner.'
I saw that the direcor gave full play to his skills because of many technical shots like still life shots by the fixed camera and 'the pillow shot' of Yasujiro Ozu. I like old classic movies like this because I can find these trial and error.
People who live underground barely get by every day with the vague melancholy for the invisible future. I can't resist it! Some people dance emotionally, others hug each other. People scatter their mind off by making sure each other like that. I can see they were full of energy by the infinite sincerity of attitudes for their lives. That's why they need 'O drakos' as a heroic villain. So they seemed to affirm their existences positively by the hero-worship and having hope him.