The Terrorist

Oct 20, 1975

★ 4.5

Overview

With the end of the dictatorship, three friends create a Humanitarian Movement to save Greece. In order to raise money, they kidnap a wealthy businessman and threaten to kill him if he does not give them the money they need. Things get complicated when they realize that the businessman's relatives are not interested in him.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Finos Film

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Cast

Kostas Papakostas

Kostas Voutsas

Periklis Athanasiou

Nikos Dadinopoulos

Spyros Vouros

Sotiris Tzevelekos

Fani Papakosta

Koula Agagiotou

Mrs. Andreaki

Betty Arvaniti

Nikos Skiadas

Mr. Matsis

Stelios Lionakis

Mr. Grigoriou

Stavros Farmakis

Mrs. Vourou

Magda Tsagani

Dimitris Andreakis

Nikos Kouros

Louiza Batista

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