The Counterfeit Coin
The Counterfeit Coin

The Counterfeit Coin

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1955
1h 58m
7.6(39 votes)
Comedy
Romance
Drama

Overview

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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24 members
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Βασίλης Λογοθετίδης

Anargyros Loumbardopoulos

Βασίλης Λογοθετίδης
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Ίλυα Λιβυκού

Fifi

Ίλυα Λιβυκού
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Μίμης Φωτόπουλος

Beggar

Μίμης Φωτόπουλος
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Σπεράντζα Βρανά

Maria

Σπεράντζα Βρανά
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Ορέστης Μακρής

Vasilis Mavridis

Ορέστης Μακρής
Acting

Έλλη Λαμπέτη

Aliki

Έλλη Λαμπέτη
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Δημήτρης Χορν

Pavlos

Δημήτρης Χορν
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Δημήτρης Μυράτ

Narrator

Δημήτρης Μυράτ
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Βαγγέλης Πρωτόπαπας

Dinos

Βαγγέλης Πρωτόπαπας
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Μαρία Καλαμιώτου

Fanitsa

Μαρία Καλαμιώτου
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Λέλα Πατρικίου

Mrs. Mavridou

Λέλα Πατρικίου
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Ζώρας Τσάπελης

Dimitris

Ζώρας Τσάπελης
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Αθανασία Μουστάκα

Katerina (Aliki's nanny)

Αθανασία Μουστάκα
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Γιώργος Βλαχόπουλος

policeman

Γιώργος Βλαχόπουλος
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Λαυρέντης Διανέλλος

Anastasis

Λαυρέντης Διανέλλος
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Βασίλης Αφεντάκης

Giannis

Βασίλης Αφεντάκης
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Θάνος Τζενεράλης

George Phil

Θάνος Τζενεράλης
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Νίκος Φέρμας

store keeper

Νίκος Φέρμας
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Κώστας Πομώνης

Aliki's father

Κώστας Πομώνης
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Λούλα Ιωαννίδου

Fanitsa's mother

Λούλα Ιωαννίδου
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Ράλλης Αγγελίδης

Unknown Role

Ράλλης Αγγελίδης
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Γιάννης Ιωαννίδης

Unknown Role

Γιάννης Ιωαννίδης
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Δέσποινα Παναγιωτίδου

kiosk owner

Δέσποινα Παναγιωτίδου
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Πέρσα Βλάχου

Unknown Role

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