Thanasis in the land of the cuff

Thanasis in the land of the cuff

1976 · 88 min · ★ 8.0 · Comedy

The movie is about dictatorships in Greece – first, the Metaxas regime (1936-1940), and then the Colonels’ Junta (1967-74). In Part One, the Metaxas regime is depicted as a circus, where Thanasis (Thanasis Vengos) is a clown trying to conceal a young colleague’s subversive action. In Part Two, we see Thanasis suffer because of his honesty and kindness, in a country where the system’s irrationality is clearly evident.

Directed by Dinos Katsouridis · Written by Lakis Antonakos

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