Throbs at the Desk

Nov 11, 1963

1h 54m

★ 6.4

Overview

Lisa is a student, pretending the sick not to go to school. Her parents are worried about her health and call the doctor to examine her. He realizes her lies but he covers her. Soon, they fall in love and eventually get married. However, after the honeymoon she begins to yearn school and her classmates and she returns to it without saying anything to her husband. Soon, her husband begins to suspect her because of her frequent absences from home and her secret meetings with the professor seem to confirm his suspicions.

Genres

Romance

Comedy

Production Companies

Th. Damaskinos & V. Michaelides

Throbs at the Desk Trailers

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Cast

Liza Petrovasili

Aliki Vougiouklaki

Prof. Dimitris Papadopoulos

Dimitris Papamichael

Mr. Nikiteas

Dionysis Papagiannopoulos

Leonidas Petrovasilis

Labros Konstadaras

Tasia

Joly Garbi

Mr. Oikonomidis

Thodoros Moridis

Kaiti Nikolaou

Kaiti Lambropoulou

Roula Gravani

Despoina Nikolaidou

Eleni Petrovasili

Ketty Panou

Giannis Lavdas

Giorgos Konstantinou

Mr. Gkikas

Dimitris Nikolaidis

Mrs. Papadopoulou

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