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Released
1956 · FILM

The Ogre of Athens

The most biting, the most daring social satire

Directed by
Runtime
104 min
Language
EL
CrimeDrama

Synopsis

On New Year’s Eve, a timid bank clerk is mistaken for a notorious criminal mastermind who rules the streets of Athens. Embracing his mistaken identity comes with a price though, as his unwitting white lie begins to unravel.

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How many hands made this film

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Principal cast & crew: 14

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Nikos KoundourosShot by Kostas TheodoridisScored by Manos Hatzidakis

Also known as

  • Der Unhold von Athende
  • El ogro de Atenases
  • L'Ogre d'Athènesfr
  • L'orcoit

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