The Counterfeit Coin (1955)
1h 58m
Running Time
December 28, 1955Release Date
The Counterfeit Coin (1955)
1h 58m
Running Time
December 28, 1955Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.

Vasilis Logothetidis
Anargyros Loumbardopoulos

Ilia Livykou
Fifi

Mimis Fotopoulos
Beggar

Sperantza Vrana
Maria

Orestis Makris
Vasilis Mavridis

Ellie Lambeti
Aliki

Dimitris Horn
Pavlos

Dimitris Myrat
Narrator

Vagelis Protopapas
Dinos

Maria Kalamiotou
Fanitsa

Lela Patrikiou
Mrs. Mavridou

Zoras Tsapelis
Dimitris

Athanasia Moustaka
Katerina (Aliki's nanny)

Giorgos Vlahopoulos
policeman

Lavrentis Dianellos
Anastasis

Vasilis Afentakis
Giannis

Thanasis Tzeneralis
George Phil

Nikos Fermas
store keeper

Kostas Pomonis
Aliki's father

Loula Ioannidou
Fanitsa's mother

Despina Panayotidou
kiosk owner

Yorgos Tzavellas
Director / Writer

Manos Hatzidakis
Music

Nikos Varveris
Makeup Artist
Media.
















Details.
Release DateDecember 28, 1955
Original NameΗ Κάλπικη Λίρα
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 58m
Filming LocationsAthens, Greece
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
greece
counterfeit
interlinked stories
1950s
Wiki.
The Counterfeit Coin (Greek: Ιστορία μιας κάλπικης λίρας, romanized: Istoria mias kalpikis liras, lit. 'Story of a fake pound'; also Η κάλπικη λίρα, I kalpiki lira, "the fake pound") is a Greek comedy-drama film, produced in 1955, written and directed by Giorgos Tzavellas and starring Dimitris Horn, Ilia Livykou and Vassilis Logothetidis. At the 2006 International Thessaloniki Film Festival, the film was announced as among the 10 all-time best Greek films by the PHUCC (Pan-Hellenic Union of Cinema Critics).
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