What Did You Do in the War, Thanassi?

Sep 23, 1971

1h 25m

★ 6.3

Overview

A wild tale of mistaken identity set during the Nazi occupation of Greece and starring the great Thanasis Vengos. Thanasis is called upon, during the Occupation, to testify at the trial of a tavern owner accused of serving cat meat to his customers. He too is accused of perjury and imprisoned with some resistance fighters. The resistance fighters escape, but Thanasis remains in his cell. He is accused of being Ivan, the notorious ringleader of certain revolutionaries.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

History

Production Companies

Dinos Katsouridis

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Cast

Thanasis Karathanasis

Thanasis Veggos

Danai

Efi Roditi

Hans

Antonis Papadopoulos

Kleopatra

Kaiti Lambropoulou

Froso Karathanasi

Katerina Gogou

Thodoros

Nikitas Platis

Manos Destounis

Christos Kalavrouzos

Grigoris Evangelatos

italian officer

Mihalis Giannatos

Dimitris Veakis

Stelios Lionakis

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