O Drakos is a Greek black-and-white film directed by Nikos Koundouros

Nikos Koundouros

Nikos Koundouros , is a Greek film director, born in Agios Nikolaos, Crete in 1926.He studied painting and sculpture at the Athens School of Fine Arts, and was later exiled because of his political beliefs to the Makronissos island. At the age of 28 he decided to follow a career in cinematography...

. It won the award for best movie 1955-1959 in the first Thessaloniki Film Festival. It also took part in the Venice Film Festival

Venice Film Festival

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O Drakos is unanimously recognized as one of the most important films in the history of the Greek cinema.

Synopsis

A simple man realizes that he looks like a criminal named "Drakos". The police are after him and he hides in a night club. Day by day, he identifies himself with "Drakos".

Cast

• Dinos Illiopoulos as Thomas
• Margarita Papageorgiou
• Yannis Argyris as Hondros
• Thanasis Veggos
• Anestis Vlahos
• Maria Lekaki
• Theodoros Andrikopoulos
• Frixos Nassou
• Andreas Douzos
• Zannino

Trivia

The movie is mentioned (and plays an important role) on Jonathan Franzen

Jonathan Franzen

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's novel Freedom, with the title The Fiend of Athens.

External links

• O Drakos at YouTube
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