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One Street Organ, One Life
One Street Organ, One Life

One Street Organ, One Life

Genres

Drama

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An organ grinder (Orestis Makris) loses his wife from complications during birth. Distraught by her death, he refuses to take care of the baby and gives it to a family (Lavrentis Dianellos and Nitsa Tsaganea) to raise. The child (Jenny Karezi) is raised comfortably, and her natural father is too embarrassed to meet her - until she falls in love with a poor musician (Petros Fysoun), and her foster parents refuse to accept their relationship.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Greek

Runtime

77 mins

Rating

5.8/10

Release Date

28 November 1958

Country

Greece

Cast

Orestis Makris

Orestis Makris

Kosmas

Jenny Karezi

Jenny Karezi

Nina

Petros Fyssoun

Petros Fyssoun

Nikos

Dinos Iliopoulos

Dinos Iliopoulos

Thanasis

Nitsa Tsaganea

Nitsa Tsaganea

Labros' wife

Lavrentis Dianellos

Lavrentis Dianellos

Labros

Nikos Fermas

Nikos Fermas

tavern owner

Rallis Angelidis

Rallis Angelidis

agent

Thanasis Tzeneralis

Thanasis Tzeneralis

doctor

Antigoni Koukouli

Antigoni Koukouli

Litsa

Lakis Skellas

Lakis Skellas

Nitsa Pappa

Nitsa Pappa

Nia Leivada

Nia Leivada

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