A Greek bachelor so committed to singlehood, his landlady runs a full-scale matchmaking army against him.
A bachelor by conviction not watch the girl who works at the shop cashier is in love with him, despite all the efforts of the landlady.
Acting
Fotopoulos deploys legendary physical comedy and elastic facial expressions.
Production
Vivid 1950s Athens shop interiors, authentic period detail throughout.
Director
Tzanis Aliferis
Mimis Fotopoulos
Vasilakis
Georgia Vasileiadou
Foteini
Martha Vourtsi
Kaiti
Giannis Fermis
Thodorakis
Giannis Sparidis
Dionysis
Kiki Vyzantiou
Kaiti's mother
Grigoris Varosis
Thanasis
Zoi Voudouri
Athina Mertyri
Thanasis' wife
Giorgos Tzifos
waiter
Rolandos Hrelias
Yiagkos
Aspasia Anagnostopoulou
Amalia Lahana
Yiagkos' mother-in-law
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Greece's 'golden age' commercial cinema, this typifies the 'foustanela comedy' tradition—urban farces where modernity clashes with old-world values, starring Fotopoulos, the era's biggest box office draw.
Fotopoulos was so beloved that audiences reportedly shouted dialogue back at screens; this film's shop setting recycled his iconic 'everyman' persona from dozens of similar roles.
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