Ο Δράκος (1956)

Drama Thriller

The film "O Drakos" is about a mousy, timid, bespectacled guy in Athens who sees a newspaper photo of a fugitive criminal mastermind called "The Fiend". It's the spitting image of the harmless nerd. A gang of starstruck crooks sees our hapless hero, mistakes him for the Fiend, rescues him from imminent arrest and more or less forces him to lead a desperate criminal scheme they've got going. And finally, the poor little man becomes enamoured of the idea, decides for once in his sad life to be a tough guy and a hero. He surrenders to his bizarre destiny, to be "The Fiend of Athens"... O Drakos is brilliant: a dark, satirical noir masterpiece... is like a French New Wave picture crossed with a British Ealing comedy, with something of Fellini in its zinging energy, and Carol Reed's Odd Man Out and The Third Man. The stark, dramatic key-lighting in the "arrest" scene gives the imagery a Weegee-type crime-scene aesthetic...

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Runtime: 99 mins Rating: 7.4 Tag Line: A parody of a tragedy Homepage: Website

Cast

Margarita Papageorgiou

Giannis Argyris

Hondros

Thanasis Vengos

Anestis Vlahos

Maria Lekaki

Carmen

Theodoros Andrikopoulos

Frixos Nassou

Andreas Douzos

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Crew

Manos Hatzidakis

Original Music Composer

Nikos Koundouros

Director

Iakovos Kambanellis

Writer

Costas Theodorides

Cinematography

Giorgos Tsaoulis

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Ο Δράκος (1956)

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