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A Matter of Earnestness
A Matter of Earnestness

A Matter of Earnestness

Genres

Comedy

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Minister Andreas Mavrogialouros (Labros Konstadaras) visits the village of his electoral district, Platanias for the inauguration of a maternity hospital. After an accident, he finds his voters' dissatisfaction and the scams of his partners. He, therefore, decides to step down from the government and bring order to his life, starting from his wife and his daughter.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Greek

Runtime

89 mins

Rating

7.2/10

Release Date

06 December 1965

Country

Greece

Cast

Labros Konstadaras

Labros Konstadaras

Andreas Mavrogialouros

Dionysis Papagiannopoulos

Dionysis Papagiannopoulos

Thodoros Grouezas

Niki Linardou

Niki Linardou

Aliki Mavrogialourou

Andreas Douzos

Andreas Douzos

Giorgos

Giorgos Gavriilidis

Giorgos Gavriilidis

Kostas

Melpo Zarokosta

Melpo Zarokosta

Nanta Mavrogialourou

Mitsi Konstadara

Mitsi Konstadara

Labena

Takis Hristoforidis

Takis Hristoforidis

Mr. Efstathiou

Giota Soimoiri

Giota Soimoiri

Katina

Haris Panayotou

Haris Panayotou

Panagos

Olga Mayer

Olga Mayer

Laura

Christos Doxaras

Christos Doxaras

Sotiris

Lilian Sourtzi

Lilian Sourtzi

Tasia

Nikitas Platis

Nikitas Platis

Fotis

Nasos Katakouzinos

Nasos Katakouzinos

Panagos' friend

Giorgos Grigoriou

Giorgos Grigoriou

Kostas (driver)

Dinos Karydis

Dinos Karydis

Aliki's friend

Makis Demiris

Makis Demiris

Nikolaos Lahouris

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