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A Hero in His Slippers
Genres
ComedyDrama
Overview
A veteran general, living poorly but honestly with his wife and his daughter, is visited by his future son-in-law who informs him that he is going to immigrate to Australia. On the same day, his cousin Apostolos pays him a visit as well and tells him that the government intending to honor him has decided to construct his statue and place it at the small square in front of his house.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
85 min
Release Date
1958-11-06
Status
Released
Original Language
Greek
Vote Count
15
Vote Average
7.1
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Vasilis Logothetidis
General Labros Dekavallas
Ilia Livykou
Popi Dekavalla
Nitsa Tsaganea
Eirini Dekavalla
Sonia Zoidou
Julia Dekavalla
Lavrentis Dianellos
Apostolos Dekavallas
Byron Pallis
Kostas Stoupatis
Vagelis Protopapas
Sotiris Lymberiadis
Giorgos Gavriilidis
Angelos Stamoulis
Nikos Fermas
junk dealer
Thanasis Tzeneralis
doctor
Mihalis Papadakis
Yorgos Karetas
Lefki Papazafeiropoulou
Taygeti
Alkis Yannakas
(uncredited)
Periklis Hristoforidis
Minister (uncredited)
Stathis Hatzipavlis
(uncredited)
Kostas Stavrinoudakis
(uncredited)
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