Wake Up, Poor Periklis!

Jan 1, 1969

1h 30m

★ 3.0

Overview

To make his frivolous nephew see the error of his ways, a shipowner takes under his wing his bookish secretary to give her a complete makeover, bent on making him notice her. But, can the new and improved lady win the philanderer's heart?

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Karagiannis-Karatzopoulos

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Cast

Tonis Dimitrakas

Giorgos Panjas

Aspasia

Xenia Kalogeropoulou

Periklis Dimitrakas

Nikos Stavridis

Melpo

Despoina Stylianopoulou

Babis

Dimitris Nikolaidis

Captain Damianos

Lavrentis Dianellos

Fofo

Mitsi Konstadara

Bouba

Mary Kyvelou

man at night club

Alekos Zartaloudis

Kiki

Ellie Loizou

Giorgos Voutsinos

porter

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