The Beauty of Athens
Genres
Overview
A streetwise guy, according to a will, has to marry an extremely ugly old lady to get the money of the inheritance.So he tries to trick a poor devil into getting married with her.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
80 min
Release Date
1954-03-13
Status
Released
Original Language
Greek
Vote Count
10
Vote Average
6.6
Mimis Fotopoulos
Notis Douros
Georgia Vasileiadou
Aristea Karabi
Nikos Stavridis
Kosmas Hles
Sperantza Vrana
Clara
Gelly Mavropoulou
Tonia
Vasilis Avlonitis
Zahos Markas
Stavros Xenidis
Mr. Tsilimirdis
Velissarios Kondogiannis
Hrysanthi Liappi
Golfo Bini
Mistos Handas
Spiros Maloussis
Rallis Angelidis
Artemis Matsas
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6.8
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5.2
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7.4
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6.3
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5.6
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5.0
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6.4
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6.7
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7.0
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6.4
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6.4
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4.9
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7.2
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6.1
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7.3
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6.4
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7.0
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