The Ogre of Athens

Mar 5, 1956

1h 39m

★ 7.0

A parody of a tragedy

Overview

A peaceful, frightened little man is mistakenly identified as "The Dragon", a notorious criminal at large. He briefly and reluctantly rules the underworld until they realize their mistake.

Genres

Crime

Comedy

Thriller

Drama

Production Companies

Athens Film Company

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Cast

Thomas

Dinos Iliopoulos

Roula

Margarita Papageorgiou

Hondros

Giannis Argyris

Spathis

Thanasis Veggos

Carmen

Marika Lekaki

villain

Kostas Stavrinoudakis

Frixos Nassou

Kostas Stavrinoudakis

Manolis Vlachakis

Kostas Spagopoulos

Zizi Viopoulou

Kassi Janet

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