The Unwilling Nanny

May 31, 1959

1h 34m

★ 6.5

Overview

After returning from a masquerade, much to his surprise, a wandering textile salesman stumbles upon an abandoned and helpless baby. Will he find his parents--and if not--will the poor child finally find a loving foster family?

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Ziro Film

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Cast

Alekos Lazanis

Mimis Fotopoulos

Loulou

Georgia Vasileiadou

Annoula

Lili Papayanni

Antonis Rokos

Periklis Hristoforidis

Nana

Popi Lazou

Nikos

Byron Pallis

Rena

Ketty Lidou

Leonidas

Lavrentis Dianellos

Apostolos Perdikas (mayor)

Lakis Skellas

police officer

Kostas Papahristos

Anestis

Dimitris Papaioannou

Mother

Billy Konstadopoulou

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