The Counterfeit Coin (1955)
1h 58m
Running Time
December 28, 1955Release Date
The Counterfeit Coin (1955)
1h 58m
Running Time
December 28, 1955Release Date
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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
Orestis Makris
Vasilis Mavridis
Sperantza Vrana
Maria
Yorgos Tzavellas
Director
Maria Kalamiotou
Fanitsa
Manos Hatzidakis
Composer
Ellie Lambeti
Aliki
Kostas Theodoridis
Cinematographer
Dimitris Horn
Pavlos
Giorgos Tsaoulis
Cinematographer
Dimitris Myrat
Narrator
Vagelis Protopapas
Dinos
Giorgos Vlahopoulos
policeman
Lavrentis Dianellos
Anastasis
Lela Patrikiou
Mrs. Mavridou
Athanasia Moustaka
Katerina (Aliki's nanny)
Zoras Tsapelis
Dimitris
Vasilis Afentakis
Giannis
Thanasis Tzeneralis
George Phil
Nikos Fermas
store keeper
Kostas Pomonis
Aliki's father
Loula Ioannidou
Fanitsa's mother
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 28, 1955
Original NameΗ Κάλπικη Λίρα
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 58m
Filming LocationsAthens, Greece
Genres
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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).