The Counterfeit Coin (1955)
Istoria mias kalpikis liras
127 min
Four stories, humorous, romantic or dramatic, are linked by a counterfeit gold sovereign. It is made by the honest engraver in the first story, seduced by the charms of a young widow, and it subsequently passes into the hands of a beggar and a prostitute, a wealthy miser and a newly married couple where the husband is a poor artist.
- Release date
- December 28, 1955
- Country of origin
- Greece
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Cast
- Vasilis Logothetidis as Anargyros Loumbardopoulos
- Ilia Livykou as Fifi
- Mimis Fotopoulos as Beggar
- Sperantza Vrana as Maria
- Orestis Makris as Vasilis Mavridis
- Ellie Lambeti as Aliki
- Dimitris Horn as Pavlos
- Dimitris Myrat as Narrator
- Vangelis Protopappas as Dinos
- Maria Kalamiotou as Fanitsa
- Lela Patrikiou as Mrs. Mavridou
- Zoras Tsapelis as Dimitris
- Athanasia Moustaka as Katerina
- Giorgos Vlahopoulos as policeman
- Lavrentis Dianellos as Anastasis
- Vasilis Afentakis as Giannis
- Thanasis Tzeneralis as George Phil
- Nikos Fermas as store keeper
- Kostas Pomonis as Aliki's father
- Loula Ioannidou as Fanitsa's Mother
- Rallis Angelidis
- Giannis Ioannidis
- Despina Panayotidou as kiosk owner
- Persa Vlahou
- Taygeti
Crew
- Giorgos Tzavellas · Director
- Giorgos Tzavellas · Writer
- Manos Hatzidakis · Composer
- Kostas Theodoridis · Cinematographer
- Giorgos Tsaoulis · Cinematographer
- Giorgos Tsaoulis · Editor