The Father-in-Law

Nov 20, 1968

1h 30m

★ 5.0

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Overview

Xristos is married to the rich Rena. In fact the rich is his mother-in-law, who has big business abroad. In Greece the mother-in-law gives the hotel's managment to Xristos but also loads to him all the work. Desperate, he decides to slam the yoke and kill her ...

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Afoi Kyriakopouloi

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Cast

Christos Petefroutis

Giannis Gionakis

Soultana

Despoina Stylianopoulou

Rena Petefrouti

Kleo Skouloudi

Olympia

Marika Krevata

Xenofon Hatzifardelis

Giorgos Gavriilidis

Lavrentis

Sotiris Moustakas

Mourdaris

Nikos Fermas

judge

Giorgos Velentzas

Theofrastos Karatourlekis

Vasilis Avlonitis

Anastasios Papatselepis

Dimitris Vlahos

Miss Boutari

Gina Voulgari

Dionysis

Giannis Kostis

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