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Come to Uncle
Come to Uncle

Come to Uncle

Genres

Comedy

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Antonis is the nephew of the good-hearted grocer Harilaos Toukouras. He is slothful and lazy but he is the only heir to his uncle, who considers marriage as the only solution to his nephew’s problems. That’s why he is looking for a bride for him by checking the newspaper ads. Due to a printing error, an ad for the sale of a sewing machine appears in the personal ads column, bringing uncle and nephew to the house of a serious and honest estate agent who has two single sisters.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Greek

Runtime

86 mins

Rating

6.8/10

Release Date

06 December 1950

Country

Greece

Cast

Smaroula Giouli

Smaroula Giouli

Roula Giore

Nikos Stavridis

Nikos Stavridis

Antonis Doukouras

Mimis Fotopoulos

Mimis Fotopoulos

Fotis Giores

Giannis Ioannidis

Giannis Ioannidis

Harilaos Doukouras

Sperantza Vrana

Sperantza Vrana

Nana

Lela Patrikiou

Lela Patrikiou

aunt Eleni

Nikos Vastardis

Nikos Vastardis

Kostas

Thanasis Tzeneralis

Thanasis Tzeneralis

Zafeiris

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