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Valkanizater

  • 19971997
  • 1h 37m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
810
YOUR RATING
Valkanizater (1997)
  • Comedy
Two friends from a small Greek town travel to Bulgaria and Switzerland, hoping they can gain money from the difference in foreign exchange rates.Two friends from a small Greek town travel to Bulgaria and Switzerland, hoping they can gain money from the difference in foreign exchange rates.Two friends from a small Greek town travel to Bulgaria and Switzerland, hoping they can gain money from the difference in foreign exchange rates.
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
810
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Sotiris Goritsas
  • Writers
    • Sotiris Goritsas
    • Sakis Totlis(novel "Syndyasmos Edessa - Zyrihi")
  • Stars
    • Gerasimos Skiadaressis
    • Stelios Mainas
    • Katharina Zapatka
Top credits
  • Director
    • Sotiris Goritsas
  • Writers
    • Sotiris Goritsas
    • Sakis Totlis(novel "Syndyasmos Edessa - Zyrihi")
  • Stars
    • Gerasimos Skiadaressis
    • Stelios Mainas
    • Katharina Zapatka
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 3User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Giota Festa in Valkanizater (1997)
    Stelios Mainas in Valkanizater (1997)
    Valkanizater (1997)
    Stelios Mainas and Gerasimos Skiadaressis in Valkanizater (1997)
    Thanos Grammenos in Valkanizater (1997)
    Stelios Mainas and Gerasimos Skiadaressis in Valkanizater (1997)
    Valkanizater (1997)
    Gerasimos Skiadaressis in Valkanizater (1997)
    Valkanizater (1997)
    Valkanizater (1997)
    Giota Festa in Valkanizater (1997)
    Giota Festa and Gerasimos Skiadaressis in Valkanizater (1997)

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    Gerasimos Skiadaressis
    Gerasimos Skiadaressis
    • Stavros
    Stelios Mainas
    Stelios Mainas
    • Fotis
    Katharina Zapatka
    • Greta
    Giota Festa
    • Eleni
    Thanos Grammenos
    Thanos Grammenos
    • Kristo Kitsou
    Dimitris Mavropoulos
    Dimitris Mavropoulos
    • Sakis
    Yorgos Sambanis
    Yorgos Sambanis
    • Theodoros
    Jean-Michel Ribes
    Lena Sabine Berg
    • Marion
    • (as Sabine Berg)
    Yves Raeber
    Yves Raeber
    • Hotelier
    Veselin Rankov
    Meletis Georgiadis
    Meletis Georgiadis
    • Turkish Driver
    Andreas Natsios
    Andreas Natsios
    • Kalamatianos
    Bernhard Bettermann
    • Bank Assistant
    Snezhina Petrova
      Menelaos Daflos
      Menelaos Daflos
      • Elias
      Lili Lazarova
      Vassilis Halakatevakis
      Vassilis Halakatevakis
      • Makis
      • Director
        • Sotiris Goritsas
      • Writers
        • Sotiris Goritsas
        • Sakis Totlis(novel "Syndyasmos Edessa - Zyrihi")
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      • Trivia
        The movie was screened during 1997-1998 and sold 290,000 tickets. It came 1st out of 14 movies.
      • Connections
        References The Godfather (1972)
      • Soundtracks
        Horis amortiser
        Written and Performed by Nikos Portokaloglou

      User reviews3

      Review
      Top review
      10/10
      u don't have to like Angelopoulos to dig this one!
      Yes it's true - Greece is not only country of origin of the excellent, but rather hard core art movies made by the auteur par excellence, Theo Angelopoulos: Valkanizater by Sotiris Goritsa is a very funny comedy that also has something to say about the chauvinism of both Greeks and Swiss people. But in the end, reason triumphs over nationalism. But even nationalism, horrible though it is, is funny in this film when one of the main characters complains about the lousy work that the monks Kyrillos and Methodios performed in Bulgaria. He also asks a Bulgarian guy named Vasili whether he's Greek, and he thoroughly misinterprets his answer: "ne" means NO in Bulgarian, but YES in Greek. But in the end, unity triumphs over nationalism: in Switzerland, a Turk helps the main characters. In the next village, two brothers argue about whether to help them, one wants to help them but take money from them, but in the end the more xenophile brother helps them for free.
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      • naxash
      • Jun 1, 1999

      Details

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      • Release date
        • April 16, 1997 (Greece)
      • Countries of origin
        • France
        • Greece
        • Bulgaria
        • Switzerland
      • Languages
        • Greek
        • Bulgarian
        • English
        • German
        • Turkish
        • Swiss German
      • Also known as
        • Balkanisateur
      • Production companies
        • 16/9 Action Plan of the European Union
        • Bulgarian National Television
        • Eurimages
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      Technical specs

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      • Runtime
        1 hour 37 minutes
      • Color
        • Color
      • Sound mix
        • Dolby SR
      • Aspect ratio
        • 1.66 : 1

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