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O Drakos Directed by Nikos Koundouros Produced by Athens Film Company Written by Iakovos Kambanellis Starring Dinos Illiopoulos
Margarita Papageorgiou
Yannis Argyris
Thanasis Veggos
Anestis Vlahos
Maria Lekaki
Theodoros Andrikopoulos
Frixos Nassou
Andreas Douzos
ZanninoMusic by Manos Hadjidakis Cinematography Costas Theodorides Editing by Giorgos Tsaoulis Release date(s) 5 March 1956 Running time 85 minutes Country Greece Language Greek O Drakos (1956) is a Greek black-and-white film directed by Nikos Koundouros. It won the award for best movie 1955-1959 in the first Thessaloniki Film Festival. It also took part in the Venice Film Festival.
O Drakos is unanimously recognized as one of the most important films in the history of the Greek cinema.
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Synopsis
A simple man realizes that he looks like a criminal named "Drakos". The police are after him and he hides in a night club. Day by day, he identifies himself with "Drakos".
Cast
- Dinos Illiopoulos as Thomas
- Margarita Papageorgiou
- Yannis Argyris as Hondros
- Thanasis Veggos
- Anestis Vlahos
- Maria Lekaki
- Theodoros Andrikopoulos
- Frixos Nassou
- Andreas Douzos
- Zannino
Trivia
The movie is mentioned (and plays an important role) on Jonathan Franzen's novel Freedom, with the title The Fiend of Athens.[1]
References
- ^ Franzen, Jonathan, Freedom (A Novel), New York: Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 2010, pp. 96–8.
External links
- O Drakos at YouTube
- O Drakos at the Internet Movie Database
Categories:- Greek films
- Greek-language films
- 1956 films
- 1950s thriller films
- Films directed by Nikos Koundouros
- Greek thriller films
- Greek film stubs
- Thriller film stubs
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