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The Counterfeit Coin
The Counterfeit Coin

The Counterfeit Coin

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ComedyRomanceDrama

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Greek

Runtime

118 mins

Rating

7.7/10

Release Date

28 December 1955

Country

Greece

Cast

Vasilis Logothetidis

Vasilis Logothetidis

Anargyros Loumbardopoulos

Ilia Livykou

Ilia Livykou

Fifi

Mimis Fotopoulos

Mimis Fotopoulos

Beggar

Sperantza Vrana

Sperantza Vrana

Maria

Orestis Makris

Orestis Makris

Vasilis Mavridis

Ellie Lambeti

Ellie Lambeti

Aliki

Dimitris Horn

Dimitris Horn

Pavlos

Dimitris Myrat

Dimitris Myrat

Narrator

Vagelis Protopapas

Vagelis Protopapas

Dinos

Maria Kalamiotou

Maria Kalamiotou

Fanitsa

Lela Patrikiou

Lela Patrikiou

Mrs. Mavridou

Zoras Tsapelis

Zoras Tsapelis

Dimitris

Athanasia Moustaka

Athanasia Moustaka

Katerina (Aliki's nanny)

Giorgos Vlahopoulos

Giorgos Vlahopoulos

policeman

Lavrentis Dianellos

Lavrentis Dianellos

Anastasis

Vasilis Afentakis

Vasilis Afentakis

Giannis

Thanasis Tzeneralis

Thanasis Tzeneralis

George Phil

Nikos Fermas

Nikos Fermas

store keeper

Kostas Pomonis

Kostas Pomonis

Aliki's father

Loula Ioannidou

Loula Ioannidou

Fanitsa's mother

Rallis Angelidis

Rallis Angelidis

Giannis Ioannidis

Giannis Ioannidis

Despina Panayotidou

Despina Panayotidou

kiosk owner

Persa Vlahou

Persa Vlahou

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