Medusa

Medusa

Medusa

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Medusa

1998

1h 27m

5.8(6 votes)

Fantasy

Thriller

Horror

Overview

In this wry retelling of the ancient Medusa myth, strange, clothed statues of men are appearing all over Greece. Only Perseus, a leader of a gang of modern Athenian thieves, with a strange childhood, holds the answer to the mystery--and it has something to do with beautiful, long-haired women in black. One night his group breaks into the house of one such creature. Filled with low-key humor and suspense, Medusa unfolds in a simple and tantalizing way

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19 members

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Ελένη Φιλίνη

Medousa

Ελένη Φιλίνη

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Thanos Amorginos

Perseas

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Βάνα Ραμπότα

Katia

Βάνα Ραμπότα

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Χάρης Μιχαλογιαννάκης

Spyros

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Dimitris Karagiorgos

Mitsos

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Mitsos Sioris

Arhigos (Dimitris)

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Φρόσω Λύτρα

Christina

Φρόσω Λύτρα

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Μπάμπης Χατζηδάκης

Police Officer A

Μπάμπης Χατζηδάκης

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Kostas Terzakis

Police Officer B

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Takis Antoniou

Perseas (child)

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Άρτο Απαρτιάν

Monk

Άρτο Απαρτιάν

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Στάθης Κακαβάς

Andreas

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Μαίη Σεβαστοπούλου

Witness

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Aglaia Hotza

Little girl

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Orestis Davias

Man-Statue

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Μιχάλης Μοτσάκος

Next to the painting

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Γιώργος Λαζόπουλος

Man with knives

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Elena Sterza

Girl in the target

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Δημήτρης Πουλικάκος

Grocer

Δημήτρης Πουλικάκος

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