The Father Is Training

The Father Is Training

1953 · 74 min · ★ 8.3 · Comedy

A widowed taverna owner tries to improve himself in order to please the aristocratic family of his son's wife. He manages to change things and ends up training everyone else instead.

Directed by Nikos Tsiforos · Written by Giorgos Lazaridis

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