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The Beauty of Athens

The Beauty of Athens

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The Beauty of Athens

1954

1h 20m

6.4(14 votes)

Comedy

Overview

A streetwise guy, according to a will, has to marry an extremely ugly old lady to get the money of the inheritance.So he tries to trick a poor devil into getting married with her.

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Mimis Fotopoulos

Mimis Fotopoulos

Notis Douros

Georgia Vasileiadou

Georgia Vasileiadou

Aristea Karabi

Nikos Stavridis

Nikos Stavridis

Kosmas Hles

Sperantza Vrana

Sperantza Vrana

Clara

Gelly Mavropoulou

Gelly Mavropoulou

Tonia

Vasilis Avlonitis

Vasilis Avlonitis

Zahos Markas

Stavros Xenidis

Stavros Xenidis

Mr. Tsilimirdis

Velissarios Kondogiannis

Velissarios Kondogiannis

Hrysanthi Liappi

Golfo Bini

Golfo Bini

Golfo Bini

Creative team

Directed by: Nikos Tsiforos
Written by: Nikos Tsiforos
Produced by: Filopoimin Finos

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