The Beauty of Athens

Mar 13, 1954

1h 20m

★ 6.3

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.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Finos Film

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Cast

Notis Douros

Mimis Fotopoulos

Aristea Karabi

Georgia Vasileiadou

Kosmas Hles

Nikos Stavridis

Clara

Sperantza Vrana

Tonia

Gelly Mavropoulou

Zahos Markas

Vasilis Avlonitis

Mr. Tsilimirdis

Stavros Xenidis

Velissarios Kondogiannis

Hrysanthi Liappi

Golfo Bini

Mistos Handas

Spiros Maloussis

A young typist in a company, Maro, knows that her boss's son dislikes her because of her unkempt appearance and clumsiness. With the help of a friend, Maro transforms herself into a modern and charming young lady, and uses a variety of tactics to impress her boss's son, until she finally succeeds and it is now his turn to pursue her.

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