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And the First Matakias
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And the First Matakias

1982-07-08 · 90 min · ★ 3.7

Comedy

An unruly voyeurism, Simos, works in a hotel as a bourgeois. A gang of burglars has put in the eye of the hotel's safe. The members of the gang - five in number and very pretty women - are staying at the hotel, waiting for the proper opportunity for the burglary. Meanwhile, the hotel's daughter, Myrto, seeing that the hotel is not doing well, and believing that some people sabotage the business, represents the receptionist, in order to learn from the inside exactly what is happening. The passion of Simos makes him a companion of the five women's gang's plans, both to frustrate the burglary and to win the hand of Myrto, who has fallen in love with him.

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Directors
Omiros Efstratiadis
Production companies
Giorgos Karagiannis & Co., Europe Film
Countries
Greece
Status
Released

Top Cast

Stathis PsaltisStathis PsaltisSimos Aftias
Kaiti FinouKaiti FinouMyrto
Vasilis TsaglosVasilis TsaglosGeneral
Athinodoros ProusalisAthinodoros ProusalisMegalos
Mimis FotopoulosMimis Fotopouloshotel owner
Thanos PapadopoulosThanos PapadopoulosNektarios
Vina AsikiVina Asiki
Panos KorkotasPanos KorkotasManolis
Sofia Hristou
Athina MertyriAthina Mertyri
Marianna Vourgidou
Ketty Adamopoulou
Gianna Krezou
Rena Adam
Vania Athanasiadi
Giannis RotasGiannis RotasPeriklis
Dinos Xenos
Giorgos OikonomouGiorgos Oikonomou
Akis FlorentisAkis FlorentisManolakis
Lakis XanthisLakis Xanthis

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