Highway to Hellas

Aug 6, 2015

1h 29m

★ 5.6

Overview

The life of Jorg Geissner, a German banker, totally transforms with a visit to Paladiki Island, Greece. A business trip to check on a project called “Galapagos in Greece” by the islanders and for which his bank extended a loan and credit, brought him there. Being a German, he wants to investigate thoroughly, but Panos, a mini-mart owner, and the mayor try their utmost to sabotage him—to camouflage a not-so-good reality. After every single trial resulted in nothing because of the islanders’ secret meddling, Jorg’s trip becomes elongated, like The Odyssey’s, forcing him to contemplate the priorities and responsibilities in life again.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Sat.1

Pantaleon Films

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Cast

Jörg Geissner

Christoph Maria Herbst

Panos

Adam Bousdoukos

Spyros

Akilas Karazisis

Eleni

Georgia Tsagaraki

Maria

Kleopatra Markou

Brigitte

Rosalie Thomass

Steffi

Eva Bay

Coast guard

Panagos Ioakeim

Frau Lachinger

Gitta Schweighöfer

Selina

Jennifer Schmid

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