Greece's biggest heist reimagined: educated criminals or desperate dreamers? The truth is messier.
Season 1 • Episode 6
Latest"RIFIFI" is inspired by the notorious bank robbery that took place in Athens in 1992. Who carried it out and why? The authorities spoke of organized crime, terrorist groups, and highly educated, ruthless perpetrators. But was it really like that? Through the power of fiction, the new production by COSMOTE TV combines the biggest heist ever committed in Greece with a true story of human tragedy, creating a character-driven series full of emotion and strong elements of humor.
Acting
Haralambopoulos makes desperation look charismatic.
Production
Period-perfect 90s Athens, gritty and gorgeous.
Writing
Balances real tragedy with absurd Greek humor.
Creators
Vassilis Risvas, Dimitra Sakali
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 1992 robbery remains Greece's most infamous unsolved heist; COSMOTE TV's first major original drama deliberately reclaims it from tabloid sensationalism.
The title references Jules Dassin's 1955 'Rififi'—the ultimate heist film—which the real robbers allegedly watched before planning; the series mirrors this meta-layer about criminals consuming their own mythology.
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