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O Drákos (Greek: Ο Δράκος; English: The Ogre of Athens or The fiend of Athens), or simply The Dragon, is a 1956 Greek existential and satirical drama crime film, directed by Nikos Koundouros. It tells the story of Thomas, a mousey and dull bank clerk whose physical appearance leads him to be confused with a fierce and ...
The Ogre of Athens: Directed by Nikos Koundouros. With Dinos Iliopoulos, Margarita Papageorgiou, Giannis Argyris, Thanasis Vengos. A peaceful, frightened little man is mistakenly identified as "the dragon", a notorious criminal at large.
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- Crime, Drama
- Nikos Koundouros
- 1956-03-05
With New Year's Eve just around the corner in mid-1950s Athens, the meek and reclusive bank clerk, Thomas, is shocked to discover that he has a striking resemblance with the notorious deviant who terrorises the city.
O Drakos (Greek: Ο Δράκος; English: The Ogre of Athens or The Dragon or The fiend of Athens) is a Greek black-and-white film, produced in 1956, directed by Nikos Koundouros. It won the award for best movie 1955–1959 in the first Thessaloniki Film Festival.
- Nikos Koundouros
Overview. A peaceful, frightened little man is mistakenly identified as "The Dragon", a notorious criminal at large. He briefly and reluctantly rules the underworld until they realize their mistake. Nikos Koundouros. Director. Iakovos Kabanellis. Writer.
After a Bogart movie poster is pasted over in the opening sequence, Nikos Koundouros’ O Drakos (US: The Ogre of Athens) proceeds to package underground gangster noir, Italian neorealism, and Dostoyevskian delusion (think The Double) into Greece’s most fascinating contribution to the noir cycle.
Feb 19, 2020 · The Ogre of Athens is artistically influenced by expressionism and classic film noir, while its depiction of society has neorealistic traits and references to Greek tragedy. It is political at heart as it talks about post Civil War Greece and its dependence and submission to the West.
