Film

The Charlatan

1973 · 1h 30m · Comedy

IMDb

6.6

An immigrant in Germany works hard to support his father and sister, who live in Greece. When he is forced to return home, he discovers that he has no money because the bank where he kept his savings has gone bankrupt. So he returns hidden in a refrigerated truck and arrives frozen, which starts a battle between refrigerator advertisers over who will convince him to advertise their refrigerators.

Thanasis Veggos

Thanasis / Athanasia / Lefteris

Dionysis Papagiannopoulos

Balamoutis

Giorgos Tsitsopoulos

Fesaras

Lydia Lenossi

Balamoutis' secretary

Antonis Papadopoulos

Thomas

Evangelia Samiotaki

Gerta

Stratos Pahis

Epameinondas Temperlekis

Zannino

Iraklis

Mihalis Giannatos

Patroklos

Giorgos Velentzas

police director

Alekos Zartaloudis

torturer

Giorgos Tzifos

Giorgis

Kostas Mendis

doctor

Giorgos Grigoriou

hospital's cook

Kostas Fatouros

• Errikos ThalassinosDirector
• Giorgos LazaridisWriter
• Petros LykasEditor

Release date

December 24, 1973

Status

Released

Original language

Greek

Runtime

1h 30m

Genres

Comedy