Mrs. Midwife (1958)
I kyra mas, i mammi
77 min
The rivalry between a professional doctor and a midwife in a small Greek village. A retired doctor decides to settle down with his family in his wife's village and opens a medical practice. However, he gradually comes into conflict with the village midwife and her unorthodox medical practices, namely eye-opening and amulets. The midwife's son, a medical student in Athens, comes to the village for vacation, falls in love with the doctor's daughter, who tries to reduce her influence over the villagers.
- Release date
- December 1, 1958
- Country of origin
- Greece
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Cast
- Georgia Vasileiadou as Kalliopi P. Moustaki
- Orestis Makris as Lykourgos
- Dimitris Papamichael as Dimitris
- Xenia Kalogeropoulou as Kaiti
- Pantelis Zervos as Vasilis Tanambasis
- Eleni Zafeiriou as Lykourgos' Wife
- Yorgos Damasiotis as Mayor of Letinitsa
- Nitsa Tsaganea as Eleni (Mayor's wife)
- Popi Alva as Asimina
- Lavrentis Dianellos as Panagiotis
- Periklis Hristoforidis as bank's director
- Nikitas Platis as villager with toothache
- Kostas Papahristos as Kostas
- Mary Metaxa as Sofia
- Nikos Fermas as Vangelis
- Niki Linardou as Voula
- Kostas Voutsas as Sotiris
- Elsa Rizou as Eleni
- Sapfo Notara as Πολυξένη
- Vasilis Kailas as little boy
- Lakis Skellas as villager
- Charis Loukea as villager
Crew
- Alekos Sakellarios · Director
- Alekos Sakellarios · Writer
- Takis Morakis · Composer
- Dinos Katsouridis · Cinematographer
- Dinos Katsouridis · Editor
- Giorgos Tsaoulis · Editor