The Counterfeit Coin

The Counterfeit Coin

118 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | Dec. 28, 1955

Four stories, humorous, romantic or dramatic, are linked by a counterfeit gold sovereign. It is made by the honest engraver in the first story, seduced by the charms of a young widow, and it subsequently passes into the hands of a beggar and a prostitute, a wealthy miser and a newly married couple where the husband is a poor artist.

The Counterfeit Coin

118 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | Dec. 28, 1955

The Counterfeit Coin
Four stories, humorous, romantic or dramatic, are linked by a counterfeit gold sovereign. It is made by the honest engraver in the first story, seduced by the charms of a young widow, and it subsequently passes into the hands of a beggar and a prostitute, a wealthy miser and a newly married couple where the husband is a poor artist.
IMDb rating 8.6
Producers Anzervos
Original title Η Κάλπικη Λίρα
Directors Napoleon Eleftheriou, Yorgos Tzavellas
Writers Yorgos Tzavellas

Cast

Vasilis Logothetidis

as Anargyros Loumbardopoulos

Ilia Livykou

as Fifi

Mimis Fotopoulos

as Beggar

Sperantza Vrana

as Maria

Orestis Makris

as Vasilis Mavridis

Maria Kalamiotou

as Fanitsa

Ellie Lambeti

as Aliki

Dimitris Horn

as Pavlos

Dimitris Myrat

as Narrator

Giorgos Vlahopoulos

as policeman

Lavrentis Dianellos

as Anastasis

Lela Patrikiou

as Mrs. Mavridou

Athanasia Moustaka

as Katerina (Aliki's nanny)

Zoras Tsapelis

as Dimitris

Vasilis Afentakis

as Giannis

Thanasis Tzeneralis

as George Phil

Nikos Fermas

as store keeper

Kostas Pomonis

as Aliki's father

Loula Ioannidou

as Fanitsa's mother

Despina Panayotidou

as kiosk owner