The lifer

Mar 16, 1992

★ 9.5

Overview

A prisoner sentenced to 622 years in prison is imprisoned in a Greek prison in which the laws of the Junta are still in force. Isovitis (Lifer) and all prisoners are supported by a mouse living in prison, Montechristo, behaving very arrogantly.

Genres

Comedy

TV Movie

Production Companies

Eikona

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Cast

Isovitis (voice)

Giorgos Ninios

Montehristos (voice)

Sofia Vossou

Prison's chef/Executioner (voice)

Yannis Bostantzoglou

Prison guard (voice)

Giannis Evdaimon

Priest (voice)

Dimitris Lignadis

Climentine (voice)

Efi Kapiniari

Prisoner to be executed (voice)

Giorgos Christodoulidis

Doctor/Old man (voice)

Spyros Vrettos

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