A Matter of Earnestness

Dec 6, 1965

1h 29m

★ 7.2

Overview

Minister Andreas Mavrogialouros (Labros Konstadaras) visits the village of his electoral district, Platanias for the inauguration of a maternity hospital. After an accident, he finds his voters' dissatisfaction and the scams of his partners. He, therefore, decides to step down from the government and bring order to his life, starting from his wife and his daughter.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Finos Film

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Cast

Andreas Mavrogialouros

Labros Konstadaras

Thodoros Grouezas

Dionysis Papagiannopoulos

Aliki Mavrogialourou

Niki Linardou

Giorgos

Andreas Douzos

Kostas

Giorgos Gavriilidis

Nanta Mavrogialourou

Melpo Zarokosta

Labena

Mitsi Konstadara

Mr. Efstathiou

Takis Hristoforidis

Katina

Giota Soimoiri

Panagos

Haris Panayotou

Laura

Olga Mayer

Sotiris

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