Thanasis in the land of the cuff

Jul 25, 1976

1h 28m

★ 6.0

Overview

The movie is about dictatorships in Greece – first, the Metaxas regime (1936-1940), and then the Colonels’ Junta (1967-74). In Part One, the Metaxas regime is depicted as a circus, where Thanasis (Thanasis Vengos) is a clown trying to conceal a young colleague’s subversive action. In Part Two, we see Thanasis suffer because of his honesty and kindness, in a country where the system’s irrationality is clearly evident.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Finos Film

Thanasis Vengos

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Cast

Thanasis

Thanasis Veggos

clown

Antonis Papadopoulos

circus boss

Ilias Logothetis

Manouli

Aina Maouer

4th August representative

Takis Halas

21st April representative

Giorgos Tzifos

Mihalis Giannatos

Vangelis Traiforos

Kostas Mendis

Mihalis Desilas

Apostolos Souglakos

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