Come to Uncle

Come to Uncle

1950 · 86 min · ★ 6.8 · Comedy

Antonis is the nephew of the good-hearted grocer Harilaos Toukouras. He is slothful and lazy but he is the only heir to his uncle, who considers marriage as the only solution to his nephew’s problems. That’s why he is looking for a bride for him by checking the newspaper ads. Due to a printing error, an ad for the sale of a sewing machine appears in the personal ads column, bringing uncle and nephew to the house of a serious and honest estate agent who has two single sisters.

Directed by Nikos Tsiforos · Written by Nikos Tsiforos

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Smaroula Giouli Roula Giore
Nikos Stavridis Antonis Doukouras
Mimis Fotopoulos Fotis Giores
Giannis Ioannidis Harilaos Doukouras
Sperantza Vrana Nana
Lela Patrikiou aunt Eleni
Nikos Vastardis Kostas
Thanos Tzeneralis Zafeiris

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