World and Kosmakis

World and Kosmakis

1964 · 104 min · ★ 5.2 · Comedy

Yearning to make a fast buck, a suave swindler and his statuesque fiancée approach a factory owner and his wife who thirsts to break into the high-end social circles, unbeknownst to them that he is on to them. Will he get rid of them?

Directed by Orestis Laskos · Written by Giorgos Lazaridis

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