What Did You Do in the War, Thanassi?
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A wild tale of mistaken identity set during the Nazi occupation of Greece and starring the great Thanasis Vengos. Thanasis is called upon, during the Occupation, to testify at the trial of a tavern owner accused of serving cat meat to his customers. He too is accused of perjury and imprisoned with some resistance fighters. The resistance fighters escape, but Thanasis remains in his cell. He is accused of being Ivan, the notorious ringleader of certain revolutionaries.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1971-09-23
Runtime: 85 mins
Director: Dinos Katsouridis
Writer: Dinos Katsouridis, Asimakis Gialamas
Spoken language: ελληνικά
Genres: Drama, Comedy, History
Original title: What Did You Do in the War, Thanassi?
Production Companies: Dinos Katsouridis
Production Countries: Greece
Cast
Thanasis Veggos
Efi Roditi
Antonis Papadopoulos
Kaiti Lambropoulou
Katerina Gogou
Nikitas Platis
Manos Destounis
Christos Kalavrouzos
Grigoris Evangelatos
Mihalis Giannatos
Dimitris Veakis
Stelios Lionakis
Giannis Fyrios
Kostas Stavrinoudakis
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