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Karagiozis, o adikimenos tis zois

  • 19591959
  • 1h 31m
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Karagiozis, o adikimenos tis zois (1959)
  • Drama
Peter Papas returns to Greece for holidays with his wife and gets into a car accident with a cab driver only to realize that the cab driver is his childhood friend Meletis. Meletis is now ma... Read allPeter Papas returns to Greece for holidays with his wife and gets into a car accident with a cab driver only to realize that the cab driver is his childhood friend Meletis. Meletis is now married with 6 kids. 25 years ago they were both assistants to a street shadow theater playe... Read allPeter Papas returns to Greece for holidays with his wife and gets into a car accident with a cab driver only to realize that the cab driver is his childhood friend Meletis. Meletis is now married with 6 kids. 25 years ago they were both assistants to a street shadow theater player, Stamati Trano. Peter and Meletis search for Stamatis in reminiscence of the past. Only ... Read all
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  • Directors
    • Vasilis Georgiadis
    • Errikos Thalassinos
  • Writers
    • Thanos Kotsopoulos
    • Giannis Vlahogiannis(short story)
  • Stars
    • Thanos Kotsopoulos
    • Voula Zouboulaki
    • Thanasis Vengos
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  • Directors
    • Vasilis Georgiadis
    • Errikos Thalassinos
  • Writers
    • Thanos Kotsopoulos
    • Giannis Vlahogiannis(short story)
  • Stars
    • Thanos Kotsopoulos
    • Voula Zouboulaki
    • Thanasis Vengos
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    Thanos Kotsopoulos
    • Stamatis Tranosas Stamatis Tranos
    Voula Zouboulaki
    Voula Zouboulaki
    • Marikaas Marika
    Thanasis Vengos
    Thanasis Vengos
    • Meletis Meletopoulosas Meletis Meletopoulos
    Mihalis Bouhlis
    • Peter Papasas Peter Papas
    Byron Pallis
    Byron Pallis
    • Tonisas Tonis
    Christoforos Nezer
    Christoforos Nezer
    Margarita Labrinou
    Margarita Labrinou
    • Jennieas Jennie
    Aleka Paizi
    • Dimitroulaas Dimitroula
    Vasilis Kanakis
    Nikos Fermas
    Nikos Fermas
    Anna Raftopoulou
    Carlo Stoppa
    • Directors
      • Vasilis Georgiadis
      • Errikos Thalassinos
    • Writers
      • Thanos Kotsopoulos
      • Giannis Vlahogiannis(short story)
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    Peter Papas returns to Greece for holidays with his wife and gets into a car accident with a cab driver only to realize that the cab driver is his childhood friend Meletis. Meletis is now married with 6 kids. 25 years ago they were both assistants to a street shadow theater player, Stamati Trano. Peter and Meletis search for Stamatis in reminiscence of the past. Only to find that Stamatis' is in a poor state since his art was in decline due to the cinema and his wife left him for a younger man taking along their only daughter. Peter and Meletis then decide to try to help Stamatis reunite with his daughter. —teo
    • 1950s
    • greece
    • shadow theater
    • shadow play
    • karagiozis
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    • Trivia
      The film is named after Karagiozis, the main character of traditional Greek shadow theater. He is an adaptation of the Turkish character Karagöz, and his name means "Blackeye" in Turkish.
    • Connections
      Edited into Vengos, o yperohos (1978)

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    • Country of origin
      • Greece
    • Language
      • Greek
    • Also known as
      • Karagiozis, the Underdog of Life
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      1 hour 31 minutes
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      • Black and White

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