The Ogre of Athens
| O Drakos (The Ogre of Athens) | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Nikos Koundouros |
| Produced by | Athens Film Company |
| Written by | Iakovos Kambanellis |
| Starring |
Dinos Iliopoulos Margarita Papageorgiou Giannis Argyris |
| Music by | Manos Hadjidakis |
| Cinematography | Costas Theodorides |
| Edited by | Giorgos Tsaoulis |
Release dates | 5 March 1956 |
Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | Greece |
| Language | Greek |
O Drakos (Greek: Ο Δράκος; English: The Ogre of Athens or The Dragon or The fiend of Athens) is a Greek black-and-white film, produced in 1956, directed by Nikos Koundouros. It won the award for best movie 1955–1959 in the first Thessaloniki Film Festival. It also took part in the Venice Film Festival.
At the 2006 International Thessaloniki Film Festival, the film was announced as among the 10 all-time best Greek films by the PHUCC (Pan-Hellenic Union of Cinema Critics).[1][2]
Synopsis
A simple man realizes that he looks like a criminal named "Drakos". The police are after him and he hides in a night club. Day by day, he identifies himself with "Drakos".
Cast
- Dinos Iliopoulos as Thomas
- Margarita Papageorgiou as Babe
- Giannis Argyris as Fatman
- Thanasis Veggos as Spathis
- Anestis Vlahos
- Maria Lekaki as Carmen
- Theodoros Andrikopoulos
- Frixos Nassou
- Andreas Douzos
- Zannino
Trivia
The movie is mentioned (and plays an important role) in Jonathan Franzen's novel Freedom, with the title The Fiend of Athens.[3]
References
- ↑ cinemainfo.gr, by Giannis Frangoulis (translated by Konstantinos Vassilaros), "47th THESSALONICA FILM FESTIVAL - FOG CASING OVER THE WORLD OF CINEMA", accessed 01-14-2009
- ↑ filmfestival.gr, " The ten best best film of the Greek Film Critics Association", accessed 01-14-2009
- ↑ Franzen, Jonathan, Freedom (A Novel), New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010, pp. 96–8.
External links
- O Drakos on YouTube
- The Ogre of Athens at the Internet Movie Database
- O Drakos - Official movie portal