A Ripple in the Pond

A Ripple in the Pond

A Ripple in the Pond

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A Ripple in the Pond

1952

1h 42m

6.2(16 votes)

Comedy

Overview

A peaceful, though extremely mean, family man, Manolis, is married for ten years to Veta. Some night he spends an astronomical amount of money at a night club, with his partner Giorgos and two pretty and cheerful Greek-American girls, Margaret and Evelyn. However, to his bad luck, Evelyn is no other but Vangelitsa, his wife’s cousin, who visits the next day for lunch.

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Karagiannis-Karatzopoulos

نحّاس فيلم

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Vasilis Logothetidis

Vasilis Logothetidis

Manolis Skoudris

Ilia Livykou

Ilia Livykou

Evelyn

Mary Lalopoulou

Mary Lalopoulou

Veta

Vagelis Protopapas

Vagelis Protopapas

Giorgos

Kaiti Lambropoulou

Kaiti Lambropoulou

Margaret

Stephanos Stratigos

Stephanos Stratigos

Dina Stathatou

Dina Stathatou

Sofia

Anna Roussou

Anna Roussou

Mihalis Papadakis

Bebi Moraitopoulou

Creative team

Directed by: Alekos Sakellarios
Written by: Christos Giannakopoulos
Alekos Sakellarios

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