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The Counterfeit Coin
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The Counterfeit Coin

1955-12-28 · 118 min · ★ 7.6

Comedy · Romance · Drama

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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Directors
Yorgos Tzavellas
Production companies
Anzervos
Countries
Greece
Status
Released

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Vasilis LogothetidisVasilis LogothetidisAnargyros Loumbardopoulos
Ilia LivykouIlia LivykouFifi
Mimis FotopoulosMimis FotopoulosBeggar
Sperantza VranaSperantza VranaMaria
Orestis MakrisOrestis MakrisVasilis Mavridis
Ellie LambetiEllie LambetiAliki
Dimitris HornDimitris HornPavlos
Dimitris MyratDimitris MyratNarrator
Vagelis ProtopapasVagelis ProtopapasDinos
Maria KalamiotouMaria KalamiotouFanitsa
Lela PatrikiouLela PatrikiouMrs. Mavridou
Zoras TsapelisZoras TsapelisDimitris
Athanasia MoustakaAthanasia MoustakaKaterina (Aliki's nanny)
Giorgos VlahopoulosGiorgos Vlahopoulospoliceman
Lavrentis DianellosLavrentis DianellosAnastasis
Vasilis AfentakisVasilis AfentakisGiannis
Thanos TzeneralisThanos TzeneralisGeorge Phil
Nikos FermasNikos Fermasstore keeper
Kostas PomonisKostas PomonisAliki's father
Loula IoannidouLoula IoannidouFanitsa's mother

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